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3atpcq38j8aq3uw5yu2l6obf6rmyal | LONDON, England (CNN) -- The new Italian Serie A season kicks off with the first round of fixtures this weekend -- Fanzone details what to expect from the forthcoming campaign:
So what's new? The Serie A managerial merry-go-round produced its usual raft of changes with over a third of clubs set to begin the season with a different coach from the previous campaign.
Carlo Ancelotti's departure to Chelsea from AC Milan is the most high-profile change, with former Rossoneri hero Leonardo moving from his role as technical director at the club to take over as head coach.
Walter Zenga's success in guiding unfancied Catania to a mid-table finish last season saw him make a controversial switch to bitter Sicilian rivals Palermo, with Gianluca Atzori replacing him at the Stadio Angelo Massimino.
Who do you think will win the Italian Serie A title? Sound Off below.
Delio Rossi parted company with Lazio, who appointed Davide Ballardini, while Luigi Del Neri left Atalanta to take over at Sampdoria with Angelo Gregucci taking the reins at the Bergamo club.
Elsewhere, promoted Bari dispensed with the services of Antonio Conte and handed the job to much-traveled Giampiero Ventura, while Livorno have brought in veteran Vittorio Russo to work alongside Gennaro Ruotolo as the latter does not hold the relevant coaching badges.
On the playing front, the major story was the transfer of Kaka from AC Milan to Real Madrid for $92 million, and the club spent part of that money on Klaas-Jan Huntelaar who arrived from the Spanish outfit for a fee in the region of $21m. CNN's Pedro Pinto previews the coming campaign. » | ['What country sponsors the Serie A?', 'Where did Ancelotti leave to?', 'From where?', 'Who replaced him?', 'How much did it cost to obtain Kaka as a player?', 'Who gave him away?', 'Who paid?', 'Who else was transferred?', 'How much did that cost?', 'What made Walter Zenga do well?'] | {'answers': ['Italy', 'Chelsea', 'AC Milan', 'Leonardo', '$92 million', 'AC Milan', 'Real Madrid', 'Klaas-Jan Huntelaar', 'around $21m', 'guiding Catania to a mid-table finish'], 'answers_start': [25, 371, 371, 457, 1388, 1384, 1383, 1454, 1492, 578], 'answers_end': [48, 409, 423, 576, 1449, 1433, 1433, 1547, 1579, 671]} |
3efe17qcrc58hvsa5uko5oai1udhsj | CHAPTER FOUR.
OKIOK BECOMES SIMPLE BUT DEEP, AND THE WIZARD TRIES TO MAKE CAPITAL OUT OF EVENTS.
Of course Ujarak, wise man though he was esteemed to be, could not help being struck dumb by the unexpected sight of the gaunt foreigner. Indeed, having so long held supposed intercourse with familiar spirits, it is not improbable that he imagined that one of them had at last come, without waiting for a summons, to punish him because of his deceptive practices, for he turned pale--or rather faintly green--and breathed hard.
Perceiving his state, it suddenly occurred to the sailor to say--"Don't be afraid. I won't hurt you." He inadvertently said it in English, however, so that Ujarak was none the wiser.
"Who is he?" demanded the angekok--perhaps it were more correct to call him wizard.
Okiok, expecting Rooney to reply, looked at him, but a spirit of silence seemed to have come over the stranger, for he made no reply, but shut his eyes, as if he had dropped asleep.
"He is a Kablunet," said Okiok.
"I could see that, even if I had not the double sight of the angekok," replied the other, with a touch of sarcasm, for Eskimos, although by no means addicted to quarrelling, are very fond of satire. They are also prone to go straight to the point in conversation, and although fond of similes and figurative language, they seldom indulge in bombast.
With much solemnity Okiok rejoined that he had no doubt of Ujarak's being aware that the man was a Kablunet. | ['What was another name for the angekok?'] | {'answers': ['Eskimos'], 'answers_start': [1139], 'answers_end': [1146]} |
3os4rqucr9fpmdk2ziatceo5hwffbt | When Graham was a little boy, he really like giraffes. They were his favorite animal to see at the zoo. He liked giraffes more than elephants, pandas, tigers or lions. He dreamed of going to Africa to see giraffes in the wild. He told his family how much he liked them and they made sure he had plenty of books about giraffes. At school, he often wrote his reports about giraffes. He even painted his room with spots to look like a giraffe. When he got older, he went to school to study giraffes and other animals. Finally, during his final year of school, he went to Africa to study giraffes in their home.
While there he met many people who also liked giraffes. He liked seeing how tall the giraffes were. He found that their homes were being destroyed by people using the land. Graham started an organization which raised money to help buy land for the giraffes to live on. Graham used everything he knew about giraffes to teach other people. He gave speeches, wrote books, made signs and sent letters telling people about the giraffes' home being destroyed. | ['What animal does Graham like?', 'Where did he see them?', 'Where did he want to travel?', 'Why?', 'Did he tell his relatives that he cared for these animals?', 'What did his relatives make certain he had a lot of?', 'Were giraffes eventually involved in his studies?', 'Where were his studies done?', 'Was that done in his last year of schooling?', "What did he discover about the the animals' habitat there?", 'By whom?', 'Who were using what?', 'What did Graham initiate?', 'That did what?', 'Why?', 'For what purpose?'] | {'answers': ['giraffes', 'the zoo', 'Africa', 'to see giraffes in the wild', 'Yes.', 'books about giraffes', 'Yes.', 'Africa', 'Yes.', 'it was destroyed', 'by people', 'the land', 'an organization', 'raised money', 'to buy land', 'for giraffes to live on'], 'answers_start': [1, 55, 168, 168, 227, 273, 441, 515, 515, 710, 710, 709, 782, 783, 783, 836], 'answers_end': [53, 102, 199, 225, 269, 325, 514, 608, 592, 781, 782, 782, 813, 832, 878, 879]} |
3e4gguz1t8r6emckh08fryd6wqrk2f | The Z notation is a formal specification language used for describing and modelling computing systems. It is targeted at the clear specification of computer programs and computer-based systems in general.
In 1974, Jean-Raymond Abrial published "Data Semantics". He used a notation that would later be taught in the University of Grenoble until the end of the 1980s. While at EDF (Électricité de France), Abrial wrote internal notes on Z. The Z notation is used in the 1980 book "Méthodes de programmation".
Z was originally proposed by Abrial in 1977 with the help of Steve Schuman and Bertrand Meyer. It was developed further at the Programming Research Group at Oxford University, where Abrial worked in the early 1980s, having arrived at Oxford in September 1979.
Abrial has said that Z is so named "Because it is the ultimate language!" although the name "Zermelo" is also associated with the Z notation through its use of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory.
Z is based on the standard mathematical notation used in axiomatic set theory, lambda calculus, and first-order predicate logic. All expressions in Z notation are typed, thereby avoiding some of the paradoxes of naive set theory. Z contains a standardized catalogue (called the "mathematical toolkit") of commonly used mathematical functions and predicates, defined using Z itself. | ['What computer system is the article about?', 'What does it target?', 'Who created it?', 'What did he publish in 1974?', 'Where was the notation taught?', 'What book uses this notation?', 'When was the book published?', 'Who helped him create it?', 'WSho else/', 'Where was it developed?', 'Why does it have the name it does?'] | {'answers': ['Z notation', 'the clear specification of computer programs', 'Jean-Raymond Abrial', 'Data Semantics', 'University of Grenoble', 'Méthodes de programmation', '1980', 'Steve Schuman', 'Bertrand Meyer', 'Oxford University', 'its use of Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory'], 'answers_start': [3, 121, 216, 247, 316, 481, 469, 571, 590, 667, 921], 'answers_end': [14, 165, 235, 261, 338, 506, 474, 585, 604, 685, 960]} |
3kxir214i4gl0knhw8lzkhoaz51249 | CHAPTER III--SOAMES PREPARES TO TAKE STEPS
When Soames entered his sister's little Louis Quinze drawing-room, with its small balcony, always flowered with hanging geraniums in the summer, and now with pots of Lilium Auratum, he was struck by the immutability of human affairs. It looked just the same as on his first visit to the newly married Darties twenty-one years ago. He had chosen the furniture himself, and so completely that no subsequent purchase had ever been able to change the room's atmosphere. Yes, he had founded his sister well, and she had wanted it. Indeed, it said a great deal for Winifred that after all this time with Dartie she remained well-founded. From the first Soames had nosed out Dartie's nature from underneath the plausibility, savoir faire, and good looks which had dazzled Winifred, her mother, and even James, to the extent of permitting the fellow to marry his daughter without bringing anything but shares of no value into settlement.
Winifred, whom he noticed next to the furniture, was sitting at her Buhl bureau with a letter in her hand. She rose and came towards him. Tall as himself, strong in the cheekbones, well tailored, something in her face disturbed Soames. She crumpled the letter in her hand, but seemed to change her mind and held it out to him. He was her lawyer as well as her brother.
Soames read, on Iseeum Club paper, these words:
'You will not get chance to insult in my own again. I am leaving country to-morrow. It's played out. I'm tired of being insulted by you. You've brought on yourself. No self-respecting man can stand it. I shall not ask you for anything again. Good-bye. I took the photograph of the two girls. Give them my love. I don't care what your family say. It's all their doing. I'm going to live new life. 'M.D.' | ["Who is Soames' sibling?", 'Who did she marry/', 'Was he nice looking?', 'who was impressed by it?', 'Anyone else', 'Who?', 'who is James?', 'Was Dartie poor?', 'What did Winifred decorate her balcony with?', 'What kind are out there now?', 'What about in July?', 'Where is Winifred when her brother finds her?', 'Is she holding something?', 'What?', 'What is it written on?', 'Who is her attorney?', 'How does their height compare?', 'How long has she been married?', "Does Soames think she's happy?", 'Is she?'] | {'answers': ['Louis Quinze', 'Dartie', 'yes', 'Winifred', 'yes', 'her mother and James', 'her father', 'yes', 'flowers', 'Lilium Auratum', 'hanging geraniums', 'sitting at her Buhl bureau', 'yes', 'a letter', 'Iseeum Club paper', 'her brother', 'the same', 'twenty-one years', 'yes', 'no'], 'answers_start': [65, 279, 776, 802, 819, 810, 848, 748, 121, 191, 157, 977, 1026, 1057, 1348, 1311, 1114, 332, 511, 1213], 'answers_end': [97, 353, 818, 818, 846, 846, 908, 973, 225, 225, 189, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1381, 1346, 1130, 375, 570, 1304]} |
3oonkj5dkcjjsqxvyltjz8xja1bbop | Turkmenistan ( or ; , ), formerly known as Turkmenia, is a country in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west.
Turkmenistan has been at the crossroads of civilizations for centuries. In medieval times, Merv was one of the great cities of the Islamic world and an important stop on the Silk Road, a caravan route used for trade with China until the mid-15th century. Annexed by the Russian Empire in 1881, Turkmenistan later figured prominently in the anti-Bolshevik movement in Central Asia. In 1925, Turkmenistan became a constituent republic of the Soviet Union, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic (Turkmen SSR); it became independent upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Turkmenistan possesses the world's fourth largest reserves of natural gas resources. Most of the country is covered by the Karakum (Black Sand) Desert. Since 1993, citizens have been receiving government-provided electricity, water and natural gas free of charge.
Turkmenistan was ruled by President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov until his death in 2006. Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow was elected president in 2007. According to Human Rights Watch, "Turkmenistan remains one of the world’s most repressive countries. The country is virtually closed to independent scrutiny, media and religious freedoms are subject to draconian restrictions, and human rights defenders and other activists face the constant threat of government reprisal." After suspending the death penalty, the use of capital punishment was formally abolished in the 2008 constitution. | ['What was an important stop on the Silk Road?', 'What is that road?', 'Is it a caravan route?', 'What business did it aid?', 'Until when?', 'Turkmenistan has been where for centuries?', 'Is most of the country forest?', 'What is it, then?', "What's one thing the residents get for free?", 'What natural resources is in abundance there?', 'Who ruled there until 2006?', 'What punishment did they end there in 2008?', 'What other punishment is no more?', "What's to the southwest of this country?", 'What did the place used to be called?', 'What happened in 1881 there?', "When did it become it's own country?", 'What caused that to happen?', 'Is it a repressed country?', 'Do the people have much freedom?'] | {'answers': ['Merv', 'the Silk Road,', 'yes', 'for trade with China', 'until the mid-15th century.', 'at the crossroads of civilizations', 'no', 'Most of the country is covered by the Karakum (Black Sand) Desert.', 'electricity, water and natural gas', 'natural gas resources', 'President for Life Saparmurat Niyazov', 'capital punishment', 'the death penalty,', 'Iran', 'Turkmenia', 'It was annexed by the Russian Empire', '1991.', 'the dissolution of the Soviet Union', 'yes', 'no'], 'answers_start': [348, 427, 441, 462, 484, 278, 919, 918, 1047, 856, 1116, 1616, 1585, 188, 24, 512, 759, 786, 1280, 1404], 'answers_end': [440, 441, 457, 484, 511, 313, 985, 985, 1096, 917, 1187, 1683, 1604, 220, 52, 549, 832, 822, 1345, 1470]} |
39o5d9o87tsdg6wftn5mmp5qxw0c3p | (CNN) -- Michael Jordan once summed up his social and political activism in four simple words: "Republicans buy sneakers, too."
In a world where athletes and celebrities seem more willing to attach their names to high-priced sneakers and headphones than real-world issues, many are thrusting themselves directly into an uncomfortable national debate over police brutality and racial injustice.
It's not only people with prominent names; there are medical students, congressional staffers, a university president and even a Northern California police chief.
A spate of controversial police slayings of unarmed black men served as the catalyst.
But the case of Eric Garner, a New York grandfather who was put in a fatal chokehold by a police officer trying to arrest him for selling cigarettes illegally, has resonated with whites and nonwhites alike.
Commentators across the political spectrum have united to condemn last week's decision by a grand jury not to indict white New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in Garner's death, which was captured on a video seen around the globe. According to Pantaleo's lawyer, the officer says he didn't use a chokehold on Garner.
The outpouring started in earnest one week before the New York decision, with the long-awaited announcement of a grand jury's decision not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, Police Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown. That decision was met with violent demonstrations in Ferguson and largely peaceful protests throughout the nation.
On November 3, five St. Louis Rams players infuriated some people with a silent message before a game against the Oakland Raiders. Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens and Kenny Britt walked onto the field and raised their palms in the air, demonstrating the "hands up, don't shoot" gesture protesters in Ferguson had been using for months. | ['On what date did a football team protest by raising their palms?', 'Which team participated?', 'Was it the entire team?', 'How many members?', 'What were their names?', 'What did their gesture represent?', 'Where did that gesture originate?', 'Who died in Ferguson, Missouri to initiate protests?', 'Who was he shot by?', 'What profession did Darren Wilson have?', 'Was Michael Brown armed?', 'How old was he?', 'Who died as a result of a fatal chokehold?', 'Who placed him in the hold/', 'Why was Garner being arrested?', 'Was that officer convicted?', "What was that officer's name?", 'Was there a video of the incident?', "Was Michael Brown's killer convicted?", 'What race were both victims?', 'Were either of them armed?'] | {'answers': ['November 3', 'the St. Louis Rams', 'no', 'five', 'Stedman Bailey, Tavon Austin, Jared Cook, Chris Givens and Kenny Britt', '"hands up, don\'t shoot"', 'Ferguson', 'Michael Brown', 'Darren Wilson', 'Police Officer', 'unarmed', 'a teen', 'Eric Garner', 'a police officer', 'for selling cigarettes illegally', 'no', 'Daniel Pantaleo', 'yes', 'no', 'black', 'no'], 'answers_start': [1551, 1566, 1566, 1566, 1681, 1809, 1860, 1387, 1352, 1352, 1406, 1406, 666, 736, 755, 963, 984, 1041, 1264, 606, 607], 'answers_end': [1564, 1592, 1593, 1593, 1753, 1851, 1882, 1432, 1432, 1380, 1432, 1432, 736, 755, 809, 1039, 1022, 1094, 1381, 624, 624]} |
3eqhhy4hqsstbxzo9spyrdop88l5gv | "Did you go skating a lot last year?" I asked. Jen shook her head and looked at me. Finally she said, "On Thanksgiving, Mom and I always went to visit some friends who lived on a farm. I especially loved seeing their big turkeys." Until then, I didn't think about how Jen felt. She had a new stepfather and stepbrother, and had a new town and home, too. Jen and her mom used to live near a lake where Dad and I went every summer, and she had to move up north with us. She had more changes than me. Jen seemed sad, so I was busy thinking of some ways to cheer her up on Thanksgiving. I told her my plan and she was excited. First we made a huge snowball, and then a small snowball. Then we built a wall behind the big snowball as a tail. Jen mixed some food coloring with water, saying, "We can spray colors on the tail." Our snow turkey had a red, blue, green, and yellow tail. We were so busy that we didn't notice our parents come outside. Dad found a hat for the snow turkey, and Mom wrapped her scarf around its neck. " _ ," Mom said. "You're a good brother, and you always come up with great ideas.'' A happy feeling spread through me. I began to understand how much she cared about everyone in our new family. | ['Who is the story about?', 'What day does it take place?', 'Is Jen happy?', 'Why not?', 'Where did she used to live?', 'Where does she live now?', 'Did she have any Thanksgiving traditions?', 'What were they?', 'What did she do there?', 'Does her new family do anything to cheer her up?', 'What?', 'What next?', 'What were they making?', 'Did they decorate it?', 'How?', 'Any other decorations?', 'What were they?', 'What else?', 'Was this a happy Thanksgiving?', 'Were there any lessons learned?', 'What were they?'] | {'answers': ['Jen', 'Thanksgiving,', 'No', 'She had a new stepfather and stepbrother, and had a new town and home, too.', 'near a lake where Dad and I went every summer', 'she had to move up north', 'Yes', 'Mom and I always went to visit some friends who lived on a farm.', 'I especially loved seeing their big turkeys', 'Yes', 'First we made a huge snowball, and then a small snowball.', 'Then we built a wall behind the big snowball as a tail.', 'snow turkey', 'Yes', 'Jen mixed some food coloring with water, saying, "We can spray colors on the tail."', 'Yes', 'Dad found a hat for the snow turkey', 'Mom wrapped her scarf around its neck', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'I began to understand how much she cared about everyone in our new family.'], 'answers_start': [47, 106, 498, 278, 383, 434, 120, 120, 185, 516, 623, 681, 825, 843, 737, 942, 942, 983, 1106, 1141, 1141], 'answers_end': [50, 119, 512, 353, 428, 467, 184, 184, 228, 582, 680, 736, 836, 877, 820, 977, 977, 1020, 1139, 1215, 1215]} |
3x73llyyq1eb1i05xy326u0cexshny | Chocolate was a box turtle. Lauren found her one day on the side of the road, hiding in her old, worn shell, frightened by the cars going by. Lauren picked Chocolate up to help her cross the street, because Lauren knew that turtles are very slow and cars are very fast. After Lauren got Chocolate to the other side of the road, Chocolate peeked her head out of her shell and looked at the little girl. Lauren saw that not only was Chocolate's shell worn, one of her eyes was shut. Lauren thought Chocolate needed more help from her, so Lauren took the turtle home. Lauren hid Chocolate in her bathtub, because she was worried that her mother would be mad. Lauren went to look up what turtles like to eat and left Chocolate alone in the bathtub. Lauren was still looking up turtle facts when she heard her mother call out, "Lauren, get in here now!" Lauren knew she was in trouble. But when Lauren came into the bathroom, her mother was smiling. Lauren's mom told her that she had a turtle when she was a little girl. Lauren and her mom took Chocolate to an animal doctor who treated sick turtles. The doctor gave them special drops to put in Chocolate's eyes. Lauren put the drops in Chocolate's eyes, like the doctor told her and soon the turtle's eyes were all better. Chocolate's shell was still old and worn looking, like an old shoe, but now her eyes were beautiful, like the golden jewels on Grandma's earrings. Lauren was glad that she helped Chocolate. | ['Who was chocolate?', 'Who found her?', 'Where did she find her?', 'What was she hiding in?', 'What was frightening her?', 'What did lauren do to try and help her?', 'What did the turtle do after that?', 'What did lauren notice then?', 'Did lauren do anything because of this?', 'Who did lauren hid her from?', 'Why did she hide her?', 'Where did she hide her?', 'What did lauren do after that?', 'Did laurens mom find the turtle?', 'What her mom do then?', 'Did they take the animal to the vet?', 'Was the doctor able to help the turtle?', 'What di the doctor give them for the turtle?'] | {'answers': ['a box turtle', 'Lauren', 'On the side of the road', 'her old worn shell', 'The cars', 'Picked her up to help her cross the street', 'Looked at the girl', 'One of her eyes was shut', 'took the turtle home', 'Her mother', "She didn't want her to get mad", 'The bathtub', 'look up what turtles like to eat', 'Yes', 'Smiled and said she had a turtle when she was young', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Eye drops'], 'answers_start': [0, 28, 28, 28, 109, 142, 270, 402, 481, 565, 602, 565, 656, 881, 822, 1017, 1041, 1097], 'answers_end': [26, 76, 76, 107, 140, 268, 401, 480, 563, 654, 654, 600, 703, 1015, 1014, 1095, 1269, 1158]} |
3300dtyqt2hkk5mvnpndply4rp2eqb | Mexico City (CNN) -- Hours after Mexico's presumed president-elect, Enrique Peña Nieto, said it was time for his country to leave behind the political rancor of campaign season, his closest opponent in the polls refused to concede and said the vote had been "plagued by irregularities."
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who election authorities projected as the runner-up in Sunday's presidential vote, said Monday that he was awaiting the official election results, and prepared to contest them before judicial authorities if they didn't turn out in his favor.
"The election was plagued by irregularities before, during and after the process," said Lopez Obrador.
The Democratic Revolution Party candidate's declarations echoed comments he made in 2006, when election authorities said the leftist candidate narrowly lost the presidential race to Felipe Calderon. Lopez Obrador claimed election fraud and never conceded, referring to himself afterward as "the legitimate president of Mexico."
His supporters protested nationwide. In Mexico City, they staged sit-ins and blockades.
On Monday, Lopez Obrador called on his supporters to wait for the official results. The Federal Election Institute's verification of individual poll results begins Wednesday.
Earlier, Peña Nieto, who election authorities projected as the winner of Sunday's presidential vote, told CNN en Español he was ready to work across party lines to build a better Mexico.
"We have to be constructive and put aside our differences, which are only for competitions and electoral contests," Peña Nieto said Monday. "Yesterday I indicated that (after) this tense and divisive atmosphere, which is natural in all democratic contests, we have to turn the page and move on to enter another chapter, another moment in our political lives, with a willingness and spirit that are constructive and purposeful." | ['Who is Manuel Lopez Obrador?', 'Does he think something was wrong with the election?', 'What office was he running for?', 'In which country?', 'Did he ever run for that office before?', 'When?', 'Who won then?', 'Who won this time?', "What did Obrador's supporters do?", 'Which agency is verifying the election results?', 'Which US news agency did the winner talk to?', 'What name did Obrador give himself after the 2006 election?', 'Has he conceded this election?'] | {'answers': ["the runner-up in Sunday's vote", 'he claimed election fraud', 'president', 'Mexico', 'yes', '2006', 'to Felipe Calderon', 'Peña Nieto', 'His supporters protested', 'The Federal Election Institute', 'CNN', 'the legitimate president of Mexico', 'no'], 'answers_start': [356, 866, 824, 27, 698, 731, 846, 1273, 997, 1171, 1264, 958, 178], 'answers_end': [399, 902, 845, 67, 755, 755, 864, 1334, 1021, 1216, 1374, 992, 230]} |
33lkr6a5kekyskkbs5mtn6qxnzlt1y | CHAPTER TWENTY FIVE.
GOOD NEWS AND ROMANTIC SCENERY--BEAR-HUNTING AND ITS RESULTS.
Jacques failed in his attempt to break off his engagement with the fur-traders. The gentleman in charge of Norway House, albeit a good-natured, estimable man, was one who could not easily brook disappointment, especially in matters that involved the interests of the Hudson's Bay Company; so Jacques was obliged to hold to his compact, and the pastor had to search for another guide.
Spring came, and with it the awakening (if we may use the expression) of the country from the long, lethargic sleep of winter. The sun burst forth with irresistible power, and melted all before it. Ice and snow quickly dissolved, and set free the waters of swamp and river, lake and sea, to leap and sparkle in their new-found liberty. Birds renewed their visits to the regions of the north; frogs, at last unfrozen, opened their leathern jaws to croak and whistle in the marshes, and men began their preparations for a summer campaign.
At the commencement of the season an express arrived with letters from headquarters, which, among other matters of importance, directed that Messrs. Somerville and Hamilton should be dispatched forthwith to the Saskatchewan district, where, on reaching Fort Pitt, they were to place themselves at the disposal of the gentleman in charge of the district. It need scarcely be added that the young men were overjoyed on receiving this almost unhoped-for intelligence, and that Harry expressed his satisfaction in his usual hilarious manner, asserting somewhat profanely, in the excess of his glee, that the governor-in-chief of Rupert's Land was a "regular brick." Hamilton agreed to all his friend's remarks with a quiet smile, accompanied by a slight chuckle, and a somewhat desperate attempt at a caper, which attempt, bordering as it did on a region of buffoonery into which our quiet and gentlemanly friend had never dared hitherto to venture, proved an awkward and utter failure. He felt this, and blushed deeply. | ['Who did Jacque have an appointment with that could not be broken?', 'Was the man in charge of Norway House foul tempered?', 'what arrived at the beginning of spring?', 'what did the express bring?', 'from where?', 'who was coming to Saskatchewan?', 'where were they going there?', 'What was the governor of Rupert', 'what were the men preparing for now that spring was here?', 'what were the frogs doing?', "what did the pastor have to do since Jacque couldn't leave?", 'How did Harry show his happiness?', 'Did Hamilton agree?'] | {'answers': ['Jacques', 'no', 'the awakening of the country', 'letters', 'headquarters', 'Somerville and Hamilton', 'Fort Pitt', 'a "regular brick"', 'preparations for a summer campaign', 'croaking and whistling', 'search for another guide', 'by asserting that the governor-in-chief of Rupert\'s Land was a "regular brick"', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [87, 166, 473, 1012, 1012, 1161, 1161, 1612, 953, 865, 376, 1486, 1673], 'answers_end': [167, 244, 599, 1096, 1097, 1245, 1274, 1672, 1008, 952, 470, 1673, 1717]} |
3ruiqrxjbbonzegac62llupuro9llq | ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- An ex-astronaut accused of assaulting a romantic rival in a Florida parking lot will stand trial December 7, a judge ruled.
Prosecutors accuse Nowak of driving nearly 900 miles wearing NASA diapers to track down her rival.
Lisa Marie Nowak, 46, is accused of stalking Air Force Capt. Colleen Shipman and pepper-spraying her in a parking lot at Orlando International Airport in February 2007.
She has pleaded not guilty to charges of attempted kidnapping with intent to inflict bodily harm, battery and burglary of a vehicle using a weapon. If convicted, she could face a sentence of up to life in prison.
Prosecutors accuse Nowak of driving nearly 900 miles from Houston to Orlando -- wearing NASA diapers to cut down on the number of stops she needed to make -- and donning a disguise before following Shipman from baggage claim to a parking lot. Her attorney, Don Lykkebak, has denied that she wore the diapers.
Shipman told police that after she got into her car, Nowak feigned distress and knocked on the window. When Shipman cracked it to talk to her, Nowak sprayed her in the face with pepper spray, Shipman said. Police said Nowak was apprehended as she was disposing of her disguise in an airport trash bin.
Nowak has said she went to the airport to talk to Shipman, who had begun dating Nowak's former love interest, Navy Cmdr. Bill Oefelein, who was also an astronaut but has since left the astronaut corps.
Judge Marc Lubet handed Nowak a legal victory in November 2007 when he ruled evidence found in her car and statements she made to police after her arrest were inadmissible at trial because both were unlawfully obtained. | ['Who is the defendant?', 'Where did he work?', 'How old is she?', 'Who is the plaintiff?', 'Where all these happened?', 'When?', 'Where did the plaintiff work?', 'Did the defendant plead guilty?', 'How long she drove to reach her?', 'From where to where?', 'What was she wearing then?', 'Who did they love?', 'Where did he work?', 'Was he in the force too?', 'Who was the Judge?', 'Who won the legal battle?', 'When the verdict was given?', 'What the judge said about the evidence?', "Who was defendant's attorney?", 'Did he deny about the diapers issue?'] | {'answers': ['Lisa Marie Nowak', 'unknown', '46', 'Colleen Shipman', 'Orlando International Airport', 'February 2007.', 'Air Force', 'No', '900 miles', 'Houston to Orlando', 'NASA diapers', 'Bill Oefelein', 'the astronaut corps', 'No', 'Judge Marc Lubet', 'Nowak', 'November 2007', 'It was inadmissible at trial because both were unlawfully obtained', 'Don Lykkebak', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [253, -1, 253, 253, 253, 334, 298, 424, 639, 682, 719, 1321, 1375, 1364, 1458, 1458, 1488, 1526, 882, 882], 'answers_end': [330, -1, 273, 330, 404, 423, 330, 450, 716, 715, 739, 1388, 1456, 1456, 1520, 1520, 1520, 1677, 948, 949]} |
3137onmdkg5t7gshkti1v7u2l5bge6 | There was a big race in town. Stephanie and Sarah were friends. Stephanie was faster than Sarah. On the day of the race, they wished each other good luck. Sarah tripped on a rock during the race. She cried but another one of her friends, Matt, helped her stand up. Stephanie cheered for her to finish after she crossed the line.
On the next day Sarah came into school with a bruise on her knee. Jane thought she looked silly. They were in the same class. Jane did not make fun of Sarah. She gave her a bandage instead. It had a cat on it to match Sarah's shirt.
Sarah was still unhappy. She would not eat her lunch or play at recess. When Stephanie tried to talk to her she frowned. Then Stephanie gave Sarah a bunny toy that she liked. Sarah smiled. She gave Stephanie a hug. | ['How do Sarah and Stephanie know each other?', 'Are the females adults?', 'What item injured Sarah?', 'What type of injury was it?', 'Where on the body?', 'What design was on the bandage?', 'What other item had a similar design?', 'Which girl crossed the finish line first?', 'Were the girls cordial to each other?', 'Was Jane cruel?'] | {'answers': ['They were friends already', 'No', 'A rock.', 'A bruise', 'Her knee', 'It was a cat', 'Her shirt.', 'Stephanie', 'No', 'unknown'], 'answers_start': [30, 347, 156, 375, 384, 521, 549, 64, 638, -1], 'answers_end': [63, 369, 195, 395, 395, 536, 564, 329, 685, -1]} |
33ppungg385i71srwrqqfl9rcw9zru | CHAPTER III.
'This is a crash!' said Coningsby, with a grave rather than agitated countenance, to Sidonia, as his friend came up to greet him, without, however, any expression of condolence.
'This time next year you will not think so,' said Sidonia.
Coningsby shrugged his shoulders.
'The principal annoyance of this sort of miscarriage,' said Sidonia, 'is the condolence of the gentle world. I think we may now depart. I am going home to dine. Come, and discuss your position. For the present we will not speak of it.' So saying, Sidonia good-naturedly got Coningsby out of the room.
They walked together to Sidonia's house in Carlton Gardens, neither of them making the slightest allusion to the catastrophe; Sidonia inquiring where he had been, what he had been doing, since they last met, and himself conversing in his usual vein, though with a little more feeling in his manner than was his custom. When they had arrived there, Sidonia ordered their dinner instantly, and during the interval between the command and its appearance, he called Coningsby's attention to an old German painting he had just received, its brilliant colouring and quaint costumes.
'Eat, and an appetite will come,' said Sidonia, when he observed Coningsby somewhat reluctant. 'Take some of that Chablis: it will put you right; you will find it delicious.'
In this way some twenty minutes passed; their meal was over, and they were alone together.
'I have been thinking all this time of your position,' said Sidonia.
'A sorry one, I fear,' said Coningsby. | ['Who was upset?', 'Who disagreed?', 'Where did they go?', 'Where at?', 'Which is where?', 'What had happen?', 'Did they make small talk?', 'What had he just received?', 'From where?', 'Was Coningsby hungry?', 'What did sidonia say?', 'Did he offer wine?', 'Did they drive to dinner?', 'How did they get there?', 'Who was agitated?'] | {'answers': ['Coningsby', 'Sidonia', 'to dine', "Sidonia's house", 'Carlton Gardens', 'catastrophe', 'yes', 'painting', 'Germany', 'No', 'Eat, and an appetite will come', 'Yes', 'No', 'walked', 'Coningsby'], 'answers_start': [39, 100, 444, 619, 637, 708, 722, 1096, 1089, 1249, 1174, 1270, 595, 600, 39], 'answers_end': [48, 107, 451, 634, 653, 719, 964, 1105, 1095, 1267, 1205, 1296, 615, 607, 48]} |
37trt2x24qr5rf6yi81ercgxbb1bje | NEW YORK (CNN) -- An oil painting was returned Tuesday to the estate of a Jewish art dealer who was forced to consign the painting and other artwork under Nazi Germany before fleeing the country.
"Portrait of a Musician Playing a Bagpipe" was done in 1632 by an unknown artist.
The painting, "Portrait of a Musician Playing a Bagpipe," was done in 1632 by an unknown painter from the Northern Netherlandish school, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office in southern New York.
It was owned by Max Stern, an art dealer who had a gallery in Dusseldorf, Germany, until 1937, when the Nazis' Reich Chamber for Fine Arts ordered him to liquidate the gallery and its inventory, the statement said.
Stern, who died in 1987, left no heirs. He and his wife had founded the Max Stern Art Restitution Project, which directly benefits Concordia University and McGill University in Montreal, Canada, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem, according to a statement from U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The painting was returned Tuesday -- Holocaust Remembrance Day -- to Clarence Epstein of Concordia University on behalf of the executors of the estate, said Lou Martinez of the immigration agency.
It was returned in a ceremony at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York, he said.
The painting had been owned by Philip Mould Ltd., a London, England, gallery, when Lawrence Steigrad, a New York art dealer, bought it in 2008, the New York attorney's office said.
Neither had any idea of the painting's past. Philip Mould Ltd. had purchased the painting the year before from Lempertz Auction House. The same auction house sold the painting in 1937 after Stern was forced to liquidate, without receiving any proceeds from the sale, the New York attorney's office said. | ['What type of painting was returned to the art dealer?', 'What was his religious affliction?', 'What did he have to do before leaving the country?', 'Who painted the artwork?', 'Who owned the painting?', 'When did he have to sell his inventory?', 'Why did he have to do this?', 'Where was his art gallery?', 'When was the painting returned?', 'What day of the week did that fall on?', 'Was the returning of the painting made official?', 'How so?', 'In what state did this take place?', 'Who purchased the painting in 2008?', 'Who was he?', 'Who owned it before that?', 'Where did this company do business?'] | {'answers': ['An oil painting', 'Jewish', 'he was forced to consign the painting', 'an unknown artist', 'Max Stern', 'in 1937', "Nazis' Reich Chamber for Fine Arts ordered him to liquidate the gallery and its inventory", 'Dusseldorf, Germany,', 'on Holocaust Remembrance Day', 'Tuesday', 'yes', 'through a ceremony', 'New York', 'Lawrence Steigrad', 'a New York art dealer', 'Philip Mould Ltd', 'London, England'], 'answers_start': [17, 74, 92, 257, 500, 500, 603, 541, 1021, 1021, 1220, 1220, 1220, 1385, 1390, 1307, 1307], 'answers_end': [91, 92, 130, 278, 593, 715, 693, 582, 1083, 1054, 1305, 1249, 1294, 1449, 1430, 1354, 1384]} |
3y54sxro1lle1hb9utwdy8vuynatu7 | From 1989 through 1996, the total area of the US was listed as 9,372,610 km2 (3,618,780 sq mi) (land + inland water only). The listed total area changed to 9,629,091 km2 (3,717,813 sq mi) in 1997 (Great Lakes area and coastal waters added), to 9,631,418 km2 (3,718,711 sq mi) in 2004, to 9,631,420 km2 (3,718,710 sq mi) in 2006, and to 9,826,630 km2 (3,794,080 sq mi) in 2007 (territorial waters added). Currently, the CIA World Factbook gives 9,826,675 km2 (3,794,100 sq mi), the United Nations Statistics Division gives 9,629,091 km2 (3,717,813 sq mi), and the Encyclopædia Britannica gives 9,522,055 km2 (3,676,486 sq mi)(Great Lakes area included but not coastal waters). These source consider only the 50 states and the Federal District, and exclude overseas territories.
By total area (water as well as land), the United States is either slightly larger or smaller than the People's Republic of China, making it the world's third or fourth largest country. China and the United States are smaller than Russia and Canada in total area, but are larger than Brazil. By land area only (exclusive of waters), the United States is the world's third largest country, after Russia and China, with Canada in fourth. Whether the US or China is the third largest country by total area depends on two factors: (1) The validity of China's claim on Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract. Both these territories are also claimed by India, so are not counted; and (2) How US calculates its own surface area. Since the initial publishing of the World Factbook, the CIA has updated the total area of United States a number of times. | ['Is the US larger than China?', 'Is it larger than Russia?', 'How does the US rank in size with land only?', 'Who is larger than US?', 'What was the US total area listed as in 1992?', 'what areas did that include?', 'what did the area change to when they added the Great Lakes and Coastal water?', 'when was that?', 'What did they add later on?', 'when?', 'what did that bring the total area to?', 'Which source currently lists the US area the largest amount?', 'what does it list?', 'which source lists the smallest area?', 'what is it?', 'are there any other sources?', 'how much does it list?', 'which source includes the overseas territories?', "how many areas' claim is disputed?", 'what are they?', 'which 2 areas are disputed by 2 nations claiming them?', 'which 2 nations disagree on claim?'] | {'answers': ['Maybe according to how it is measured', 'No', 'third largest country', 'Russia and China', '9,372,610 km2', 'land + inland water only', '9,629,091 km2', '1997', 'territorial waters', '2007', '9,826,630 km2', 'CIA World Factbook', '9,826,675 km2', 'Encyclopædia Britannica', '9,522,055 km2', 'United Nations Statistics Division', '9,629,091 km2', 'None', 'Two', "China's territory claim and how the US calculates its own surface area.", 'Aksai Chin and Trans-Karakoram Tract', 'China and India'], 'answers_start': [818, 964, 1070, 1168, 63, 95, 156, 191, 377, 371, 336, 418, 444, 563, 593, 478, 522, 675, 1305, 1306, 1343, 1326], 'answers_end': [908, 1068, 1166, 1213, 76, 121, 169, 195, 396, 375, 349, 475, 457, 586, 606, 515, 535, 777, 1621, 1621, 1379, 1429]} |
3dhe4r9ocwb1c0g1r9n0t6ldp9eg2c | Riga is the capital and the largest city of Latvia. With 639,630 inhabitants (2016), Riga is the largest city in the Baltic states, home to one third of Latvia's population and one tenth of the Baltic states' population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga, at the mouth of the Daugava. Riga's territory covers and lies between above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain.
Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture during 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships and the 2013 World Women's Curling Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC).
In 2016, Riga received 2.3 million visitors. It is served by Riga International Airport, the largest and busiest airport in the Baltic states. Riga is a member of Eurocities, the Union of the Baltic Cities (UBC) and Union of Capitals of the European Union (UCEU).
One theory about the origin of the name "Riga" is that it is a corrupted borrowing from the Liv "ringa" meaning loop, referring to the ancient natural harbour formed by the tributary loop of the Daugava River. The other is that "Riga" owes its name to this already-established role in commerce between East and West, as a borrowing of the Latvian "rija", for threshing barn, the "j" becoming a "g" in German — notably, Riga is called "Rie" by English geographer Richard Hakluyt (1589), and German historian Dionysius Fabricius (1610) confirms the origin of "Riga" from "rija". Another theory could be that Riga was named after Riege, the German name for the River Rīdzene, a tributary of the Daugava. | ['What is the largest city in Latvia?', 'Is it the capital?', 'When was it founded?', 'What league is it formerly a part of?', 'Is it the biggest in the Baltic states?', 'Where is it?', 'On what body of water?', 'How many people visited in 2016?', 'Where do the planes fly in?', 'Is it the smallest airport?', "What does it owe it's name to?", 'What does Dionysius say the origin is?', 'Was he from Germany?', 'What was his profession?'] | {'answers': ['Riga', 'yes', '1201', 'Hanseatic League', 'yes', 'Latvia', 'the Gulf of Riga', '2.3 million', 'Riga International Airport', 'no', 'the Liv "ringa"', 'from "rija"', 'yes', 'historian'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 372, 401, 85, 0, 225, 939, 984, 1028, 1244, 1712, 1694, 1695], 'answers_end': [50, 50, 396, 436, 130, 50, 254, 982, 1026, 1059, 1308, 1780, 1731, 1731]} |
3dy4fpooa1o1yhnhvu1nufwvoeyvr7 | (CNN) -- Sachin Tendulkar extended his world record to 48 Test centuries as India battled to avoid the follow-on in the second match of the series against Sri Lanka in Colombo on Wednesday.
The 37-year-old "Little Master" was unbeaten on 108 at the end of the third day, with the tourists on 382-4 -- still 60 runs away from making Sri Lanka have to bat again.
He had added 141 with debutant Suresh Raina, who also reached stumps with a patient 66 off 131 balls.
Tendulkar came to the crease with India having lost two quick wickets following an opening stand of 165 by Virender Sehwag and Murali Vijay.
India had resumed on 95-0 in reply to Sri Lanka's 642-4 declared, and Sehwag raced from his overnight 64 to 99 before being denied his 21st Test century when he was stumped by wicketkeeper Prasanna Jayawardene off the bowling of Suraj Randiv.
The offspinner is making his debut following the retirement of world record-holder Muttiah Muralitharan after Sri Lanka's win in the opening match of three in Galle.
Ajantha Mendis then trapped Vijay for 58 before Randiv dismissed Rahul Dravid in similar fashion for three.
Tendulkar survived a dropped catch by Jayawardene off Dilhara Fernando when on 29 as he added 68 with V.V.S. Laxman, who became the second lbw victim of Mendis at 241-4 just before the end of the middle session.
He smashed Randiv down the ground for six to bring up his 56th Test half-century, which took 115 deliveries, and he then accelerated as he swept the same bowler to the boundary for his ninth ton against Sri Lanka. | ['What news media put out the story?', "What is Tendulkar's world record?", 'who played each other?', 'What teams faced each other in Colombo?', 'On what day?', 'How old was Tendulkar?', 'What was his nickname?', 'When will offspinner make his debut?', 'Where is the opening match of three?', 'What did Ajantha Mendis do?', 'And what did Randiv dismissed Dravid ?', "What was Muttiah Muralitharan's accomplishment?"] | {'answers': ['CNN', 'to 48 Test centuries', 'Tendulkar and Randiv', 'India and Sri Lanka', 'Wednesday', '37', 'Little Master', 'following the retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan', 'Galle.', 'trapped Vijay', 'In the same way', 'unknown'], 'answers_start': [0, 9, 1349, 0, 0, 192, 192, 857, 961, 1025, 1025, -1], 'answers_end': [5, 89, 1367, 190, 190, 243, 237, 961, 1023, 1133, 1134, -1]} |
3tayzsbpll8425psm9hhik4gc9n2sa | Jack had gone to the university to study history, but he kept playing all the time and at the end of his first year, his history professor failed him in his exams. He was so poor at his subject that he would have to leave the university. However, his father made up his mind that he would go to see the professor to ask him to let Jack go on his studies the next year. "He's a good boy," said the father, "and if you let him pass this time, I'm sure he'll improve a lot next year and pass the exam at the end of it really well." "No, no, that's quite impossible." said the professor at once, "Do you know, last month I asked him when Napoleon had died, and he didn't know!" "Please, sir, give him another chance." said Jack's father. "You see, I'm afraid we don't take any newspapers in our house, so none of us even know that Napoleon was ill." | ['What was Jack studying?', 'Was he in high school?', 'Where was he studying?', 'Did he pass his tests?', 'Who decided to plead for Jack to be allowed to stay in school?', 'Did the professor agree to let him stay?', 'Did the professor ask Jack a question?', 'What was it?', 'Did he know the answer?', "Why did Jack's dad say his son didn't know the answer?", 'What does Jack do instead of studying history?'] | {'answers': ['history', 'No', 'the university', 'No', 'his father', 'No', 'Yes', 'when Napoleon had died', 'No', "we don't take any newspapers in our house", 'playing all the time'], 'answers_start': [41, 21, 17, 139, 247, 530, 617, 629, 657, 755, 62], 'answers_end': [48, 31, 31, 162, 257, 561, 651, 651, 671, 796, 82]} |
36wlnqg78zaxgzk647qnuw3564bbe1 | (Renee-a beautiful princess; Broo-a blue bear; Nahloo-a magical place) When the Princess Renee heard about Broo, she came down from her castle. She found Broo while he was busy eating honey. "Mr. Bear," the Princess said, "you are welcome in Nahloo. Here we share with each other. We don't take things from each other." Broo thought about it for a moment and realized that he had made a mistake. "Well," he said, "maybe drinking all that milk wasn't the best idea." The Princess continued, "Mr. Bear, you can drink and eat, but you won't feel good because you have never made any contribution to anyone else. I think you'll find that it is better to be full in your heart, not just in your stomach." After saying this, the Princess went back to the castle, leaving Broo alone. One day, Broo was going to take lots of cookies from the rabbits, then he remembered what the Princess said to him. So Broo decided not to eat the cookies. The rabbits were surprised and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Bear. Now these cookies will taste sweeter because they are given by you, my friend. If you like, come back tomorrow and we can have the cookies together." Broo was filled with joy and went through the land. He gave back everything he had taken. In return, he received a promise from everyone to share their food with him. Broo was so delighted that he started dancing in the moonlight with the Princess as his partner. | ['Who was Renee?', 'Who was Broo?', 'And what was Nahloo?', 'Did the Princess invite Broo to the castle?', 'Did they share everything with each other in Nahloo?', 'Did Broo feel bad?', 'Where would Broo take cookies from?', 'Did he end up taking it after remembering what the princess had told him?', 'How did the rabbits react?', 'Did they thank him?', 'Did they promise to share it with him tomorrow?', 'Who did Broo make his partner?', 'Where did he start dancing?'] | {'answers': ['princess', 'a bear', 'a magical place', 'yes', 'yes', 'yes', 'the rabbits', 'no', 'surprised', 'yes', 'yes', 'Princess', 'in the moonlight'], 'answers_start': [71, 28, 47, 223, 249, 358, 776, 893, 933, 970, 1102, 1399, 1356], 'answers_end': [94, 46, 69, 248, 280, 394, 841, 932, 959, 999, 1158, 1423, 1389]} |
3txwc2nhnzqf2par7iwws7cujto9st | Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia (; Czech and , "Česko-Slovensko") was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993.
From 1939 to 1945, following its forced division and partial incorporation into Nazi Germany, the state did not "de facto" exist but its government-in-exile continued to operate.
From 1948 to 1990, Czechoslovakia was part of the Soviet bloc with a command economy. Its economic status was formalized in membership of Comecon from 1949, and its defense status in the Warsaw Pact of May 1955. A period of political liberalization in 1968, known as the Prague Spring, was forcibly ended when the Soviet Union, assisted by several other Warsaw Pact countries, invaded. In 1989, as Marxist–Leninist governments and communism were ending all over Europe, Czechoslovaks peacefully deposed their government in the Velvet Revolution; state price controls were removed after a period of preparation. In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into the two sovereign states of the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
The country was of generally irregular terrain. The western area was part of the north-central European uplands. The eastern region was composed of the northern reaches of the Carpathian Mountains and lands of the Danube River basin. | ['Was Czechoslovakia ever apart of the Soviet bloc?', 'when were they a part of it?', 'What happened in 1993?', 'What were the two states?', 'When did it gain independence?', 'Who it did gain independence from?', 'Do they have an alternate name?', 'Were they a sovereign state?', 'Where in Europe is it located?', 'When was it originated?', 'True or false, their government was once in exile', 'What kind of economy did they have from 48-90', 'What was the Prague Spring?', 'When did this occur?', 'What type of terrain do they have?', 'Did they have mountains?', 'What body of water is present?', 'What river speicifcally?'] | {'answers': ['yes', '1948 to 1990', 'Czechoslovakia split into the two sovereign states', 'Czech Republic and Slovakia.', '1 January 1993.', 'Austro-Hungarian Empire', 'Czech and , "Česko-Slovensko', 'yes', 'Central Europe', 'October 1918', 'True', 'a command economy.', 'A period of political liberalization', '1968', 'irregular', 'yes', 'River basin', 'Danube'], 'answers_start': [478, 483, 1098, 1156, 279, 183, 37, 68, 92, 126, 420, 545, 690, 730, 1217, 1302, 1410, 1402], 'answers_end': [496, 495, 1148, 1186, 294, 206, 65, 89, 107, 138, 476, 564, 727, 734, 1228, 1385, 1421, 1409]} |
3lq8puhqflsjnhpe0iqa1m4vt1uihm | Among a group of middle-aged men and women,who were discussing bringing about quality education ,was a young man dressed in a white shirt.Within minutes, he was called onto the dais .Twenty-two-year-old Babar Ali was surrounded by educators from across India.He was popularly known as the world's youngest head teacher.
The school that Babar started in poor Bhabta village has completely changed.When he was nine years old, he had only eight students in his school.Now the school has 300 students and 10 teachers. The school is called Ananda Siksha Niketan. It is recognized by the West Bengal government.
Today Babar is a student in the morning.He is learning English literature at Berhampore Krishanath College.But he comes home in the afternoon to teach his students.
Baber was discussing education at the National Summit on Quality in Education(NSQE).The meeting was held in Bangalore,capital of Karnataka State in southern India.
"It all started as a game when I used to teach my sister, my first student, in my backyard.Later, some children from the village often came to my classes and that was how the school was born," he said.
His biggest achievement is that six of his students have now started teaching in his school after their college hours.
In another month, Babar's dream of a school building will soon come true.Many people, a large part of whom are from Karnataka,have helped him realize the dream.They have given his school a lot of money.
Although he has received so much attention and recognition ,he is still not _ ."There are people in my village who do not go to schoo1.And there is a long way to go as so many children still need to receive an education,"he says. | ['Who is the passage about?', 'What was Babar doing in the passage?', 'How old is Babar?', "How many students are in Babar's school?", 'How many teachers?', 'What was Babar famous for?', "How many students was in Babar's school when he was 9?", "What is the name of Babar's school?", 'Is the school recognized by the West Bengal government?', 'What was Babar discussing in his speech?', 'Where was the speech held?', 'In what city?', 'What state is that the capital of?', "Who was Babar's first student?", 'Where did he teach her?', 'Did some children come from the village to his classes?', "What was Babar's biggest achievement?", 'What happens in a month?', "Is Babar's mission complete?", 'Why not?'] | {'answers': ['Babar Ali', 'giving a speech', 'Twenty-two', '300', '10', "He was the world's youngest head teacher", 'eight', 'Ananda Siksha Niketan', 'yes', 'education', 'at the National Summit on Quality in Education', 'Bangalore, India', 'Karnataka', 'his sister', 'in his backyard', 'yes', 'six of his students have now started teaching in his school', 'Babar will open a school building', 'no', 'many children still need to receive an education'], 'answers_start': [203, 138, 183, 467, 503, 259, 437, 537, 560, 798, 808, 885, 885, 973, 974, 1041, 1147, 1286, 1612, 1613], 'answers_end': [213, 181, 213, 498, 514, 319, 466, 558, 606, 807, 854, 895, 921, 1017, 1033, 1133, 1238, 1340, 1692, 1692]} |
37wlf8u1wpquwnvl42kihbuicwnk6s | The Anglosphere is a set of English-speaking nations with similar cultural roots, based upon populations originating from the nations of the British Isles (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Ireland), which today maintain close political and military cooperation. While the nations included in different sources vary, the Anglosphere is usually not considered to include all countries where English is an official language, although the nations that are commonly included were all once part of the British Empire.
In its most restricted sense, the term covers Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, which in the post-British Empire era maintain a close affinity of cultural, familial, and political links with one another.
Additionally, all of these countries (except Ireland) are militarily aligned under the following programs: UKUSA Agreement (signals intelligence), Five Eyes (intelligence), Combined Communications Electronics Board (communications electronics), The Technical Cooperation Program (technology and science), Air and Space Interoperability Council (air forces), AUSCANNZUKUS (navies), and ABCA Armies.
Below is a table comparing the countries of the Anglosphere. 2017 Data. The term "Anglosphere" was first coined, but not explicitly defined, by the science fiction writer Neal Stephenson in his book "The Diamond Age", published in 1995. John Lloyd adopted the term in 2000 and defined it as including the United States and the United Kingdom along with English-speaking Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa and the British West Indies. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the Anglosphere as "the countries of the world in which the English language and cultural values predominate". | ['What group of nations is this article about?', 'What language do these countries speak?', 'Do all agree which countries are in it?', 'Who created the word?', 'What was his occupation?', 'What kind?', 'In which work did it appear?', 'Did he give it a definition there?', 'Who did?', 'When?', 'Name one of the places he thought was in it.', 'Was there an African country in it?', 'Which one?', 'Were there any others in North America?', 'Which one?', 'All of it?', 'Which part?', 'What kinds of links do these countries have with each other?', 'What program aligns these countries for intelligence?', 'What about for air forces?'] | {'answers': ['The Anglosphere.', 'English', 'no', 'Neal Stephenson', 'writer', 'science fiction', '"The Diamond Age"', 'no', 'John Lloyd', '2000', 'the United States', 'yes', 'South Africa', 'yes', 'Canada', 'no', 'English-speaking Canada', 'English language and cultural values', 'Five Eyes', 'Air and Space Interoperability Council'], 'answers_start': [0, 28, 283, 1257, 1333, 1333, 1384, 1298, 1422, 1422, 1462, 1596, 1602, 1555, 1555, 1538, 1538, 1737, 932, 1090], 'answers_end': [52, 52, 329, 1371, 1371, 1355, 1401, 1324, 1472, 1457, 1503, 1608, 1608, 1562, 1561, 1561, 1561, 1773, 956, 1140]} |
3qxnc7eipivf1gqfygdci16boqb09h | The term "Great Plains", for the region west of about the 96th or 98th meridian and east of the Rocky Mountains, was not generally used before the early 20th century. Nevin Fenneman's 1916 study, Physiographic Subdivision of the United States, brought the term Great Plains into more widespread usage. Before that the region was almost invariably called the High Plains, in contrast to the lower Prairie Plains of the Midwestern states. Today the term "High Plains" is used for a subregion of the Great Plains.
Much of the Great Plains became open range, or rangeland where cattle roamed free, hosting ranching operations where anyone was theoretically free to run cattle. In the spring and fall, ranchers held roundups where their cowboys branded new calves, treated animals and sorted the cattle for sale. Such ranching began in Texas and gradually moved northward. In 1866-95, cowboys herded 10 million cattle north to rail heads such as Dodge City, Kansas and Ogallala, Nebraska; from there, cattle were shipped eastward. | ['How many cows were sent north?', 'When?', 'Who led them?', 'Where did they go?', 'In which cities?', 'Where did the trains take them?', 'Where were cows allowed to roam freely?', 'Who was allowed to have cows?', 'When did they round them up?', 'What happened to the baby cows?', 'Who did it?', 'Where did this type of ranching begin?', 'Did it move anywhere else?'] | {'answers': ['10 million', '1866-95', 'cowboys', 'rail heads', 'Dodge City, Kansas and Ogallala, Nebraska', 'eastward', 'Much of the Great Plains', 'anyone, theoretically', 'In the spring and fall', 'branded', 'the cowboys', 'Texas', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [870, 870, 882, 924, 942, 998, 513, 596, 675, 743, 675, 810, 839], 'answers_end': [920, 920, 914, 984, 984, 1027, 555, 673, 721, 760, 808, 869, 868]} |
34j10vatjfyw0aohj8d4a0wwkkkqic | Red is the color at the end of the spectrum of visible light next to orange and opposite violet. Red color has a predominant light wavelength of roughly 620–740 nanometres. Red is one of the additive primary colors of visible light, along with green and blue, which in Red Green Blue (RGB) color systems are combined to create all the colors on a computer monitor or television screen. Red is also one of the subtractive primary colors, along with yellow and blue, of the RYB color space and traditional color wheel used by painters and artists.
In nature, the red color of blood comes from hemoglobin, the iron-containing protein found in the red blood cells of all vertebrates. The red color of the Grand Canyon and other geological features is caused by hematite or red ochre, both forms of iron oxide. It also causes the red color of the planet Mars. The red sky at sunset and sunrise is caused by an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering, which, when the sun is low or below the horizon, increases the red-wavelength light that reaches the eye. The color of autumn leaves is caused by pigments called anthocyanins, which are produced towards the end of summer, when the green chlorophyll is no longer produced. One to two percent of the human population has red hair; the color is produced by high levels of the reddish pigment pheomelanin (which also accounts for the red color of the lips) and relatively low levels of the dark pigment eumelanin. | ['Where does red come from?', 'What caused sunset?', 'How many percent human has red hair?', 'Is red a primary color?', 'Along with what color?', 'Who need the color chart?', 'Is sunset happened above the horizon?'] | {'answers': ['end of the spectrum', 'Rayleigh scattering', '1-2%', 'yes', 'Blue and yellow', 'painters and artists.', 'No'], 'answers_start': [23, 930, 1224, 386, 449, 524, 976], 'answers_end': [44, 950, 1278, 436, 463, 546, 1000]} |
369j354ofdapu1z2ebz3jj2p5c8g6h | Ikenna Nzeribe was the sole survivor after assassins from Boko Haram stormed his Nigerian church in 2012, just 60 miles from where the jihadists last month abducted more than 200 girls.
The church massacre remains vivid for Nzeribe three years later -- as are the scars on his face, neck and arm.
The Muslim extremists fired shots into the air and shouted "Allah Hu Akbar," or God is great.
Nzeribe and 13 other Christians hit the floor.
They were mourning how Boko Haram earlier had killed three fellow Christians, but now Boko Haram was coming for them.
The masked gunmen shot the 13 worshippers in the head, fatally.
Now it was Nzeribe's turn.
"As soon as I saw the man, I knew it was over for me," Nzeribe, 33, said about the gunman. "The only thing I could do was say a last prayer, which was 'Blood of Jesus cover me.'
"And that was it for me," he told CNN.
Nzeribe, a handsome banker, was shot in the face with an AK-47 assault rifle, blowing away his jaw, lips and part of his tongue.
He faked death -- "until they finished," he said.
He bled profusely.
"I would say I died in the process," Nzeribe added. "But God brought me back to life."
Rescuers took him to a local hospital in Mubi, a suburban area in northeastern Nigeria where he was part of a Christian minority and where the mass shooting in church occurred.
He was later flown to London, where surgeons reconstructed his face. | ['where was Nzeribe shot?', 'with what type of weapon?', 'did he survive?', 'was he the only one that survived?', 'how old is Nzeribe?', 'how many people died in the attack?', 'who was responsible for the attack?', 'where did this take place?', 'in what country?', 'what did Nzeribe do after he was shot?', 'did he bleed a lot?', 'where was he taken?', 'is that in an urban area?', 'is it part of a secular region?', 'where did he have scars?', 'what did surgeons reconstruct?', 'where did he have the surgery?', 'did he say he died in the process of the attack?', 'what prayer did he utter before he was shot?', 'who interviewed him?'] | {'answers': ['in the face', 'AK-47', 'yes', 'yes', '33', '13', 'Bolo Haram', 'church', 'Nigeria', 'He faked death', 'yes', 'local hospital', 'no', 'unknown', 'face, neck and arm', 'his face', 'London', 'yes', 'Blood of Jesus cover me', 'CNN.'], 'answers_start': [882, 882, 1086, 0, 661, 566, 0, 0, 0, 1013, 1065, 1174, 1175, -1, 188, 1390, 1354, 1086, 660, 841], 'answers_end': [1011, 960, 1173, 105, 750, 631, 105, 104, 105, 1064, 1084, 1261, 1261, -1, 300, 1423, 1423, 1173, 839, 881]} |
3a4nixbj76z75wyvci30l74jryxlm0 | CHAPTER XXIV
A CAPTURE AND A SURPRISE
The others were much astonished by what Tom said, and they could scarcely believe that they had heard aright.
"Bill Dangler!" cried Sam, but Tom put his hand over his brother's mouth to silence him. Then he nodded vigorously.
"What would that freight thief be doing here?" questioned Dick, in a whisper.
"I am sure I don't know. But I am almost certain it was Dangler's voice. If you will remember, it has a certain shrillness to it."
"Yes, I know that."
During this talk there were murmurs in the cabin which those outside could not understand. Then the old man came towards the door and slipped a bolt into place.
"I want you to go away!" he said sharply. "I don't like strangers around here."
"We won't hurt you, Mr. Derringham," said Dick. "We came to pay you a friendly visit."
"Wouldn't you like a nice rabbit from us?" asked Tom, bound to get into the cabin somehow.
"I have no money with which to buy rabbits."
"We'll make you a present of one," said Sam.
"I want no presents from anybody. I want you to go away," said the old man, in a high-pitched, nervous tone.
"Mr. Derringham, don't you remember me?" asked Jack Ness. "I used to buy herbs and watercress from you. I'd like to speak to you for a minute."
"Who are you?"
"I am Jack Ness, the man who works over on the Rover farm."
"The Rover farm!" muttered a voice in the cabin. "Don't let them in! Don't you do it!" | ['Who were brothers?', 'Who was a thief?', 'What kind?', 'Is he close by?', 'How do they know?', 'Did they see him?', 'Who was inside the cabin?', 'What was his name?', 'What did he do to the door?', 'Did Dick want to hurt him?', 'What did the old man tell them to do?', 'What did they offer him?', 'Who else was with the two brothers?', 'Who was from the Rover farm?', 'Did he know the old man?', 'How?', 'What did he ask of the old man?', 'Did he want to buy the rabbit?', 'What did they tell him as a result?', 'Did he want that?'] | {'answers': ['Sam and Tom', 'Bill Dangler', 'freight', 'Yes', 'his voice has a shrillness to it', 'No', 'the old man', 'Mr. Derringham', 'slipped a bolt into place', 'No', 'go away', 'a rabbit from us', 'Dick', 'Jack Ness', 'Yes', 'he used to buy herbs and watercress from him', 'to speak to him', 'No', 'They would make him a present of one', 'No'], 'answers_start': [176, 154, 272, 598, 426, 377, 542, 752, 598, 752, 670, 841, 319, 1302, 1139, 1197, 1243, 934, 981, 1028], 'answers_end': [241, 317, 318, 667, 482, 424, 614, 788, 667, 799, 694, 883, 350, 1362, 1178, 1241, 1283, 978, 1024, 1061]} |
3pmby0ye273zv8lvaw6wd28cxohc9d | NEW YORK (CNN) -- After spending nearly 28 years in an irreversible coma, heiress and socialite Martha "Sunny" von Bulow died Saturday in a New York nursing home, according to a family statement. She was 76.
Sunny von Bulow is pictured during her 1957 wedding to Prince Alfred von Auersperg.
Von Bulow was subject of one of the nation's most sensational criminal cases during the 1980s.
Her husband, Claus, was accused of trying to kill her with an overdose of insulin, which prosecutors alleged sent her into the coma.
He was convicted of making two attempts on her life, but the conviction was overturned on appeal. He was acquitted in a second trial.
His retrial in 1985 received national attention.
"We were blessed to have an extraordinarily loving and caring mother," said the statement from Von Bulow's three children -- Annie Laurie "Ala" Isham, Alexander von Auersperg and Cosima Pavoncelli -- released by a spokeswoman. "She was especially devoted to her many friends and family members."
Martha von Bulow was born Martha Sharp Crawford into a wealthy family. She inherited a fortune conservatively estimated at $75 million, according to an article on the von Bulow case posted on truTV.com's Crime Library Web site.
In her early years, she drew comparisons to actress Grace Kelly.
She became known as Princess von Auersperg with her first marriage, to Prince Alfred von Auersperg of Austria. That marriage produced two children: Alexander and Annie Laurie.
The von Bulows married in 1966 and had a daughter, Cosima. | ['Who is the subject of the article?', 'What was her nickname?', 'When did she die?', 'Where?', 'in which state?', 'How old was she?', 'What is she known for?', 'What happened?', 'How?', 'Is that how she died?', 'What was the effect?', 'How long was she in the coma for?', 'Did she ever come out of it?', 'Was her husband tried?', 'Did he end up going to jail?', 'Why not?', "What was Martha's maiden name?", 'Who was she compared to?', 'Who was her first husband?', 'Did they have children?'] | {'answers': ['Martha von Bulow', 'Sunny', 'Saturday', 'in a nursing home', 'New York', '76', "She was the subject of one of the nation's most sensational criminal cases during the 1980s.", 'Her husband tried to kill her', 'with an overdose of insulin', 'No', 'She was sent into a coma', 'nearly 28 years', 'No', 'Yes', 'No', 'He was acquitted in a second trial.', 'Martha Sharp Crawford', 'Grace Kelly', 'Prince Alfred von Auersperg of Austria.', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [18, 96, 96, 96, 138, 96, 296, 393, 428, 428, 428, 18, 40, 528, 528, 585, 1013, 1243, 1358, 1421], 'answers_end': [161, 120, 134, 161, 161, 206, 390, 525, 474, 525, 525, 72, 72, 662, 661, 661, 1060, 1307, 1420, 1486]} |
3g5w44veu7iwtgkrgft4t2776atkgx | CHAPTER VIII
THE FIRST TRIAL BY FIRE
On the following day, while Owen sat eating his morning meal with a thankful heart, a messenger arrived saying that the king would receive him whenever it pleased him to come. He answered that he would be with him before noon, for already he had learned that among natives one loses little by delay. A great man, they think, is rich in time, and hurries only to wait upon his superiors.
At the appointed hour a guard came to lead him to the royal house, and thither Owen went, followed by John bearing a Bible. Umsuka was seated beneath a reed roof supported by poles and open on all sides; behind him stood councillors and attendants, and by him were Nodwengo the prince, and Hokosa, his mouth and prophet. Although the day was hot, he wore a kaross or rug of wild catskins, and his face showed that the effects of the poisoned draught were still upon him. At the approach of Owen he rose with something of an effort, and, shaking him by the hand, thanked him for his life, calling him "doctor of doctors."
"Tell me, Messenger," he added, "how it was that you were able to cure me, and who were in the plot to kill me? There must have been more than one," and he rolled his eyes round with angry suspicion.
"King," answered Owen, "if I knew anything of this matter, the Power that wrote it on my mind has wiped it out again, or, at the least, has forbidden me to speak of its secret. I saved you, it is enough; for the rest, the past is the past, and I come to deal with the present and the future." | ['Who did Owen save?', 'What does he want Owen to tell him?', 'Does Owen tell him?', 'Why not?', 'What does he want to focus on?', 'What should be forgotten?', 'What was Owen doing when he got a message?', 'What time of day was it?', 'How did he get the message?', 'When does the king want to see him?', 'When did he decide to go?', 'Why would someone rush around?', 'What makes someone wealthy?', 'Where was the meeting held?', 'Did he find the way himself?', 'How then?', 'What kind of weather were they having?', "What is the king's name?", 'What made him sick?', 'How does he refer to Owen?'] | {'answers': ['the King', 'how he cured him', 'no', 'it was wiped out of his mind', 'the present and the future', 'the past', 'eating', 'morning', 'from a messenger', 'whenever it pleased him', 'before noon', 'to wait upon his superiors', 'time', 'the royal house', 'no', 'a guard lead him', 'hot', 'Umsuka', 'poison', 'as doctor of doctors'], 'answers_start': [1054, 1074, 1263, 1279, 1498, 1473, 69, 69, 124, 161, 217, 386, 365, 468, 452, 451, 750, 554, 823, 1017], 'answers_end': [1126, 1126, 1432, 1431, 1545, 1494, 145, 102, 151, 215, 266, 426, 381, 495, 495, 495, 775, 592, 880, 1051]} |
32ktq2v7rdfc4uxmnl0agydoqypm90 | Once upon a time there was a little boy who had a rock. The rock was his favorite toy. He would throw his rock at trees, or roll his rock down hills. Sometimes he would stand at the river shore, dropping his rock in the water. He thought it was great fun to listen to the rock splash.
One day, the little boy met a brown cow. "Moo!" said the cow.
"Hello," said the boy. "Would you like to see my rock?"
The boy held out his rock for the cow to see. The cow looked at it. Then it picked it up in its mouth.
"Moo," said the cow.
"Hey," the boy said. "Give me back my rock!"
The boy tried to pull open the cow's mouth. Then he tried sticking his fingers in the cow's nose, so it would open its mouth to breathe. Then he tried tickling the cow, but it wouldn't open its mouth.
"Moo," it said. Then it swallowed the rock, and the little boy went home and cried. | ['Who did the little boy meet?', 'What did it say?', 'What did the young lad reply?', 'What did the lad show him?', 'What did he do next', 'What did the animal do when he saw it?', 'Was the lad happy?', 'What did the lad say next?', 'What did the lad do to the animal to get his rock?', 'What did he do next to the animals nostrils', 'Why?', 'Then what did he try?', 'Did that work?', 'What did it say then?', "What happened to the boy's possession?", 'Who swallowed it?', 'Where did the lad go next?', 'What did he do when he got there?'] | {'answers': ['a brown cow', 'Moo', 'Hey', 'his rock', 'held out his rock', 'picked it up in its mouth', 'No', 'unknown', "pull open the cow's mouth", 'sticking his fingers in', 'so it would open its mouth to breathe', 'tickling', "it wouldn't open its mouth", 'Moo', 'swallowed', 'the cow', 'home', 'cried'], 'answers_start': [315, 515, 538, 426, 417, 485, 864, -1, 601, 642, 682, 735, 757, 788, 811, 526, 855, 864], 'answers_end': [326, 518, 541, 434, 434, 510, 869, -1, 626, 665, 719, 743, 783, 791, 820, 533, 859, 869]} |
35ldd5557a4wlqgdrirz67r42xzmk3 | Chapter Eleven: The City of Al-Je-Bal
"I pray you have done," said Godwin, "it is but a scratch from the beast's claws. I am ashamed that you should put your hair to such vile uses. Give me a little water."
He asked it of Wulf, but Masouda rose without a word and fetched the water, in which she mingled wine. Godwin drank of it and his faintness left him, so that he was able to stand up and move his arms and legs.
"Why," he said, "it is nothing; I was only shaken. That lioness did not hurt me at all."
"But you hurt the lioness," said Wulf, with a laugh. "By St. Chad a good thrust!" and he pointed to the long sword driven up to the hilt in the brute's breast. "Why, I swear I could not have made a better myself."
"I think it was the lion that thrust," answered Godwin. "I only held the sword straight. Drag it out, brother, I am still too weak."
So Wulf set his foot upon the breast of the lion and tugged and tugged until at length he loosened the sword, saying as he strained at it:
"Oh! what an Essex hog am I, who slept through it all, never waking until Masouda seized me by the hair, and I opened my eyes to see you upon the ground with this yellow beast crouched on the top of you like a hen on a nest egg. I thought that it was alive and smote it with my sword, which, had I been fully awake, I doubt if I should have found the courage to do. Look," and he pushed the lioness's head with his foot, whereon it twisted round in such a fashion that they perceived for the first time that it only hung to the shoulders by a thread of skin. | ['Who pulled a weapon out of something?', 'What kind of weapon?', 'What was it stuck in?', 'Did he call himself a name as he pulled?', 'Who grabbed his hair?', 'What state was the animals neck?', 'What connected the neck to the body?', 'Who had fought the animal?', 'Was he injured?', 'Badly?', 'Who got some H2O?', 'What was it combined with?', 'Did it help?', 'Was he casual about the whole thing?', 'Are the two men related?', 'In what way?', 'Did Godwin take credit for the killing blow?', 'What did he say happened?'] | {'answers': ['wulf', 'long sword', 'lioness', 'Essex hog', 'Masouda', 'bad', 'unknown', 'Godwin', 'yes', 'no', 'wulf', 'wine', 'yes', 'yes', 'yes', 'brothers', 'no', 'the lion shoved into the sword'], 'answers_start': [865, 618, 514, 1006, 1061, 1427, -1, 730, 730, 40, 211, 211, 314, 439, 730, 730, 730, 730], 'answers_end': [1004, 674, 674, 1235, 1109, 1565, -1, 863, 863, 209, 421, 314, 418, 512, 864, 863, 863, 863]} |
39asuflu6x74t2n793i5jtuxp3hxe6 | Rome (CNN) -- Italian center-left politician Enrico Letta has fully accepted a mandate to form a government, he told reporters Saturday.
Letta made the announcement after meeting with President Giorgio Napolitano, who had given him that mandate on Wednesday.
The 46-year-old former deputy prime minister and his ministers will be sworn in on Sunday at 11:30 a.m., the presidential palace said.
Parliament is expected to confirm his government through a vote of confidence on Monday.
Letta's acceptance of the leadership role is expected to limit the uncertainty that has gripped the nation since February, when elections left none of the candidates with enough support to form a government.
He gave reporters a list of his 18 ministers, two of whom are members of the center-right People of Freedom Party led by three-time Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
Three of the ministers are holdovers from the government of Mario Monti, the outgoing prime minister.
Nearly all the others are members of Letta's Democratic Party or people close to it.
Letta had accepted Napolitano's request to take the job with reservations
Napolitano, 87, was re-elected by Italy's Parliament on Saturday to an unprecedented second term as president.
February's general election resulted in a three-way split among the right, the left and a wild-card party.
Letta said this week that the most important step would be to tackle the country's 11.6% unemployment rate, which has pushed many young Italians to leave the country.
The second most pressing issue facing Italy is the need for political reform, he said. | ['Who gave Letta a mandate?', 'Who is he?', 'When was it given?', 'What kind of vote is Parliament expected to give', 'When?', 'What will that doe?', 'How old is Letta?', 'What was his prior position?', 'Where will his swearing in be held?', 'When', 'What time?', 'Is he the only one being sworn in?', 'Who else is?', 'How many ministers will he have?', 'What party are most of the ministers from?', 'Are any from the last government?', 'How many?', 'Who was the previous prime minister?', 'How old is Napolitano?', 'How many times has he won the presidential election?'] | {'answers': ['Giorgio Napolitano', 'The President', 'Wednesday', 'a vote of confidence', 'Monday', 'confirm his government', '46', 'deputy prime minister', 'unknown', 'Sunday', '11:30 a.m', 'no', 'his ministers', '18', 'the Democratic Party', 'yes', 'three', 'Mario Monti', '87', 'two'], 'answers_start': [185, 185, 223, 400, 400, 400, 263, 263, -1, 326, 326, 263, 311, 729, 973, 869, 869, 929, 1136, 1136], 'answers_end': [259, 214, 259, 477, 487, 477, 325, 307, -1, 366, 365, 339, 342, 745, 1035, 942, 940, 969, 1150, 1245]} |
3zpbjo59kp12f69s84pzapoi11nhdu | The White House is the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800. The term "White House" is often used as a metonym for the president and his advisers, as in "The White House announced that...".
The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the Neoclassical style. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800 using Aquia Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he (with architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe) added low colonnades on each wing that concealed stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, the mansion was set ablaze by the British Army in the Burning of Washington, destroying the interior and charring much of the exterior. Reconstruction began almost immediately, and President James Monroe moved into the partially reconstructed Executive Residence in October 1817. Exterior construction continued with the addition of the semi-circular South portico in 1824 and the North portico in 1829.
Because of crowding within the executive mansion itself, President Theodore Roosevelt had all work offices relocated to the newly constructed West Wing in 1901. Eight years later in 1909, President William Howard Taft expanded the West Wing and created the first Oval Office, which was eventually moved as the section was expanded. In the main mansion, the third-floor attic was converted to living quarters in 1927 by augmenting the existing hip roof with long shed dormers. A newly constructed East Wing was used as a reception area for social events; Jefferson's colonnades connected the new wings. East Wing alterations were completed in 1946, creating additional office space. By 1948, the house's load-bearing exterior walls and internal wood beams were found to be close to failure. Under Harry S. Truman, the interior rooms were completely dismantled and a new internal load-bearing steel frame constructed inside the walls. Once this work was completed, the interior rooms were rebuilt. | ['When did James Monroe move in?', 'Was there still construction going then?', 'What is the white house?', 'for?', 'Who relocated all offices?', 'To where?', 'when?', 'why?', 'When was the west wing expanded?', 'Who expanded it?', 'Did he create anything?', 'Who set it ablaze?', 'What was destroyed?', 'What happened to the exterior?', 'Where is the white house located?', 'What was converted to a living space in 1927?', 'How was this done?', 'with what?', 'What did Truman do?'] | {'answers': ['October 1817', 'Yes', 'Executive ResidenNoce', 'President James Monroe', 'President Theodore Roosevelt', 'West Wing', '1901', 'crowding within the executive mansion', '1909', 'President William Howard Taft', 'he first Oval Office', 'British Army', 'the interior', 'It was charred.', '1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington DC', 'the third-floor attic', 'augmenting the existing hip roof', 'long shed dormers', 'nterior rooms were completely dismantled'], 'answers_start': [1012, 965, 989, 927, 1209, 1294, 1307, 1163, 1334, 1340, 1406, 780, 833, 851, 112, 1504, 1571, 1609, 1970], 'answers_end': [1024, 988, 1009, 949, 1237, 1303, 1311, 1200, 1338, 1369, 1426, 792, 846, 880, 153, 1526, 1603, 1626, 2010]} |
33c7ualjvlyfu0snp7bywaua9ld18s | York University () is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university.
York University has approximately 52,300 students, 7,000 faculty and staff, and 295,000 alumni worldwide. It has eleven faculties, including the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, Faculty of Science, Lassonde School of Engineering, Schulich School of Business, Osgoode Hall Law School, Glendon College, Faculty of Education, Faculty of Health, Faculty of Environmental Studies, Faculty of Graduate Studies, the School of the Arts, Media, Performance and Design (formerly the Faculty of Fine Arts), and 28 research centres.
York University participates in the Canadian Space Program and is home to Canada's only space engineering program. The Faculty of Science and Lassonde School of Engineering are Canada's primary research facility into Martian exploration, and have designed several space research instruments and applications used by NASA. York has pioneered several PhD programs in Canada, including women's studies. The School of Social Work is recognized as having one of the most socially responsive programs in the country. York's psychology program is the largest in North America. York University's business school and law school have continuously and consistently been ranked among the top schools in Canada and the world. | ['What is this article mainly about?', 'In what city is it located?', 'About how many students attend there?', 'What program is solely offered by them?', 'In what State is it located?', 'How many staff/faculty?', 'How many faculties does it have?', 'Is there one for engineers?', "What's its name?", 'Is there one for future attorneys?', "What's its name?", 'Do they do any air exploring?', "Name one program they're involved with?", 'Do they do martian exploring?', "How many of York's institutions are involved with this?", 'Name one.', 'And the other?', 'Who is using some of their research?', 'Do they have a psych program?'] | {'answers': ['York University', 'Toronto', '52,300', 'space engineering', 'Ontario', '7,000', 'eleven', 'yes', 'Lassonde School of Engineering', 'yes', 'Osgoode Hall Law School', 'yes', 'Canadian Space Program', 'yes', 'Two', 'The Faculty of Science', 'Lassonde School of Engineering', 'NASA', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [0, 54, 157, 748, 63, 174, 236, 336, 336, 397, 397, 878, 697, 877, 775, 776, 803, 976, 1172], 'answers_end': [16, 61, 164, 774, 70, 179, 242, 366, 366, 420, 420, 897, 719, 897, 834, 799, 833, 981, 1197]} |
3s3amizx3u5byyycmcbyzyr2o6rdck | (CNN) -- Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound is the heart of his nearly 42-year rule, a symbol of his defiance of the West.
The sprawling complex houses modern government offices, the Bedouin tent in which Gadhafi received visitors and stands of palm trees. A bombed-out building remains as a monument to a 1986 U.S. airstrike that killed one of Gadhafi's daughters, along with a statue of a Libyan fist crushing an American jet.
And Tuesday evening, after rebel fighters who have battled Gadhafi's forces for six months punched into the compound, it was wreathed in smoke. Rebels posed around the statue and fired hundreds if not thousands of rounds of ammunition into the air in celebration, spurring the occasional rebuke from senior fighters.
The rebels picked through the compound in search of Libya's longtime strongman, but one fighter told CNN that neither Gadhafi nor any members of his family had been found. Bab al-Aziziya appeared to have been abandoned so quickly that a teakettle remained heating on a stove in one building, he said.
"They ran away, all of them," he said. "They have gone underground."
Bab al-Aziziya, located near Tripoli's Mediterranean shore, is believed to be undergirded by a network of tunnels.
Abubaker Saad, a former Gadhafi aide, told CNN that at least one of the older buildings on the site was built atop a bunker four stories underground. But he said it was unlikely that Gadhafi had been in the complex before it was overrun Tuesday, since it had been targeted by repeated NATO airstrikes during the last few months of fighting. | ['How long Gadhafi ruled?', 'What complex was talked about?', 'Does it have any monument?', 'Monument to whom?', 'What happened to her?', 'Of what?', 'What other thing the complex have?', 'How long the rebel fought him?', 'Did they enter the complex?', 'Were they celebrating?', 'Was the celebration bit over the top?', 'What the seniors did then?', 'Who were they looking for?', 'Did they find him?', 'How about his family?', 'Did they escape very fast?', 'Who told all these stories?', 'To whom?', 'Does this comples have underground escape route?', 'Who did the airstirke there?'] | {'answers': ['nearly 42-years', "Moammar Gadhafi's Bab al-Aziziya compound", 'Yes', "one of Gadhafi's daughters", 'She died', '1986 U.S. airstrike', 'a statue', 'six months', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'They occasionally rebuked them', 'Gadhafi', 'No', 'They had not been found.', 'Yes', 'A rebel fighter', 'CNN', 'Yes', 'NATO'], 'answers_start': [71, 9, 266, 347, 313, 314, 386, 466, 440, 584, 584, 704, 759, 843, 877, 931, 759, 843, 1133, 1502], 'answers_end': [90, 50, 373, 373, 373, 373, 436, 530, 556, 702, 757, 755, 929, 930, 930, 1060, 863, 864, 1248, 1590]} |
3kibxj1wd5uklt1p4y6cybg9xrnkod | Buck did not read the newspapers,or he would have known that trouble was coming,not only for himself,but for every big dog,strong of muscle and with long,warm hair in California.Men had found gold in the Yukon,and these men wanted big,strong dogs to work in the cold and snow of the north.
Buck lived at a big house in the sunkissed Santa Clara valley.Judge Miller's place,it was called.There were large gardens and fields of fruit trees around the house,and a river nearby.In a big place like this,of course,there were many dogs.There were house dogs and farm dogs,but they were not important.Over this great land Buck ruled.Here he was born and here he had lived the four years of his life.He was not so large--he weighed only one hundred and forty pounds.But he had saved himself by not becoming a mere housedog.Hunting and outdoor delights had kept down the fat and hardened his muscles.He went swimming with Judge Miller's sons,and walking with his daughters.He carried the grandchildren on his back,and he sat at Judge Miller's feet in front of the warm library fire in winter.During the four years,he had a fine pride in himself which came of good living and universal respect.He was king of Judge Miller's place.
But this was 1897,and Buck did not know that men and dogs were hurrying to northwest Canada to look for gold.And he did not know that Manuel,one of the gardener's helpers,was in bad need of money for his hobby of gambling and for his large family.One day,the Judge was at a meeting and the boys were busy organizing an athletic club.No one saw Manuel and Buck go off on what Buck imagined was merely an evening walk.Only one man saw them arrive at the railway station.This man talked to Manuel,and gave him some money.Then Manuel tied a piece of rope around Buck's neck.
Buck had accepted the rope with quiet dignity .He had learned to trust in men he knew and to give them credit.But when the ends of the rope were placed in the stranger's hands,Buck roared,and was surprised when the rope tightened around his neck,shutting off his breath.In extreme anger,he jumped at the man.The man caught him and suddenly Buck was thrown over on his back.Then the rope tightened cruelly while Buck struggled,his tongue out of his mouth.Never in all his life had he been so badly treated.Never in all his life had he been so angry.For a few moments he was unable to move,and it was easy for the two men to put him into the train.
When Buck woke up,the train was still moving.The man was sitting and watching him,but Buck was too quick for him and he bit the man's hand hard.Then the rope was pulled again and Buck had to let go.
That evening,the man took Buck to the back room of a bar in San Francisco.The barman looked at the man's hand and trousers covered in blood.
"How much are they paying you for this?"he asked.
"Only get fifty dollars."
"And the man who stole him--how much did he get?"asked the barman.
"A hundred.He wouldn't take less."
"That makes a hundred and fifty.It's a good price for a dog like him."
Buck spent that night in a cagelike box.He could not understand what it all meant.What did they want with him,these strange men?And where were Judge Miller and the boys?
The next day Buck was carried in the box to the railway station and put on a train to the north. | ['What type of building does Buck live in?', 'What was it called?', 'And where was it?', 'What year was it?', 'Was he a big person?', 'How much did he weigh?', 'What was happening up north during that year?', 'What was given to the stranger?', 'Was Buck ok with this?', 'How did he react?', 'Could he breathe?', 'Where was he moved to?', 'So he survived?', 'How did he get to SF?', 'How much was he sold for?', 'Where did he sleep?', "What was on the man's pants?", "What is Buck's last name?", 'What activities did he like to do back home?', 'What was on the trees?'] | {'answers': ['big house', "Judge Miller's place", 'Santa Clara valley', '1897', 'No', 'one hundred and forty pounds', 'Men had found gold', 'the ends of the rope', 'No', 'roared,and was surprised when the rope tightened around his neck', 'No', 'San Francisco', 'unknown', 'train', 'a hundred and fifty', 'a cagelike box', 'blood', 'unknown', 'Hunting and outdoor delights', 'fruit'], 'answers_start': [308, 354, 335, 1238, 105, 731, 177, 1917, 1974, 1979, 2043, 2708, -1, 2468, 2989, 3075, 2781, -1, 817, 413], 'answers_end': [317, 374, 353, 1242, 123, 759, 196, 1937, 2043, 2043, 2067, 2721, -1, 2474, 3008, 3089, 2787, -1, 845, 455]} |
3i02618ya06g9pi2dcnttyux8p7pup | Jimmy didn't eat breakfast. Because he didn't eat breakfast he was very hungry and could not stop thinking about food. He was thinking about all of the things that he liked to eat the most. He was thinking about breakfast foods like bacon and eggs but he was also thinking about lunch and dinner foods like pizza and macaroni and cheese. Jimmy was even thinking about some of his favorite desserts like chocolate cake and cherry pie. He was even thinking about vanilla pudding and he doesn't even like vanilla pudding. Jimmy was so hungry that he was having a hard time playing with his friends. Jimmy was playing with Tommy, Timmy and Suzy. Timmy chose not to play. Jimmy wasn't having any fun because he was so hungry. Jimmy was playing hide and go seek with Tommy and Suzy but he could not find any good places to hide. Jimmy did not want to play hide and seek. If he had to play a game he wanted to play tag but what he really wanted to do was eat lunch. | ["Who didn't eat breakfast?", 'Who was he playing with?', "Who wasn't playing?", 'What were they playing?', "who didn't want to?", 'What would he rather do?', 'and?', 'Was he having fun?', 'Why not?', 'why?', 'Did he think about eating?', 'what foods?', 'like what?', 'Was he thinking about other foods?', 'what kind?', 'Did he think of any others?', 'What category?', 'How many desserts?', 'Did he think about foods he didnt like?', 'what food?'] | {'answers': ['Jimmy', 'Tommy, Timmy and Suzy', 'Timmy', 'hide and go seek', 'Jimmy', 'play tag', 'eat lunch', 'no', 'he was so hungry', "he didn't eat breakfast", 'yes', 'breakfast foods', 'bacon and eggs', 'yes', 'pizza and macaroni and cheese', 'yes', 'desserts', 'unknown', 'yes', 'vanilla pudding'], 'answers_start': [0, 619, 642, 739, 823, 903, 948, 668, 703, 36, 83, 211, 233, 252, 307, 375, 376, -1, 481, 461], 'answers_end': [5, 640, 647, 755, 828, 911, 957, 694, 719, 59, 119, 227, 248, 301, 336, 397, 397, -1, 517, 476]} |
3lj7ur74rhdhp6cairjjc5r89wj4nk | Robin's First Flight
Robin was a little baby bird who was born only 6 weeks before. Her mother took care of her and her brothers and sister by feeding them bugs and worms. Robin had 2 brothers. She also had one sister. During this time, Robin grew and grew and got stronger and stronger. Her feathers got longer, too.
The day had finally come when mother bird told Robin and her brothers and sister that they would be learning to fly for the first time. Chirps of joy were heard from all the baby birds. All except for Robin. She was too afraid to fly out into the world. She wanted to stay in her comfy nest with all of her family for the rest of her life. She also wanted her mother to feed her for the rest of her life. Mother bird told Robin how exciting it was to fly and see all the beautiful flowers and trees and told her she would help her learn like she did when she was a baby bird. She told her that she would meet lots of other bird friends, too.
So Robin tried not to be scared, even as she saw both of her brothers and sister fly off the nest and out into the world. They looked so happy. Then it was her turn. She spread her wings, closed her eyes and jumped out of the nest. After a few seconds, she opened her eyes to see that she was actually flying. Oh happy day! It was everything her mother said it would be. The world looked so big and Robin couldn't wait to see it all. | ['Who was robin ?', 'hold old is robin ?', 'robins mother had how many kids ?', 'was robin happy to fly ?', 'why ?'] | {'answers': ['a little baby bird', '6 weeks', 'Four', 'No', 'She wanted to stay in her comfy nest'], 'answers_start': [23, 52, 90, 530, 576], 'answers_end': [52, 84, 142, 556, 636]} |
3hmigg0u4l6ck63q1wi7ax5kfwoy84 | CHAPTER XXXIV
At a few minutes after nine, the following morning, the Marquis entered the room where breakfast was usually served. The Duchess, in travelling clothes and a hat, was lifting the covers from the silver dishes upon the sideboard, with a fork in her hand. She welcomed him a little shortly.
"Good morning, Reginald!"
"Good morning, Caroline," he replied. "Are you the only representative of the household?"
She snorted.
"Charlie Grantham went off in his little two-seater at eight o'clock this morning," she announced. "He is motoring up to town. Left apologies with Gossett, I believe--telegram or something in the night. All fiddlesticks, of course!"
"Naturally," the Marquis assented, helping himself from one of the dishes and drawing his chair up to his sister's side. "So exit Charles Grantham, eh?"
"And me," the Duchess declared, returning to her place and pouring out the coffee. "I suppose you can send me to Fakenham for the ten o'clock train?"
The Marquis considered for a moment.
"I am not sure, Caroline," he said, "that your departure is entirely kind."
"Well, I'm jolly certain I don't mean it to be," she answered bitterly. "I ask no questions, and I hate scenes. A week ago I should have scoffed at the idea of David Thain as a prospective suitor for Letitia. Now, my advice to you is, the sooner you can get them married, the better."
"Really!" he murmured. "You've given up the idea, then, of taking the young man to Scotland?"
"Entirely," the Duchess assured him emphatically. "I was an idiot to ever consider it. When people of his class find their way amongst us, disaster nearly always follows. You see, they don't know the rules of the game, as we play it. Whilst we are on this subject, Reginald, what are you going to do about it?" | ['Are the characters related?', 'How?', 'Are they poor?', 'Are they wealthy?', 'Where are they?', 'who is getting married?', 'Who drove away in a car?', 'Where was he headed?', 'Is he going to return?', 'What was the lady drinking?', 'What was her first name?', 'Her title is?', 'What time of day does the locomotive leave?', 'Does he take her to the station?', 'Who was the prospective suiter?', "Who doesn't know the rules of the game?", 'Was the Duchess in love with him?', 'Who was the brother?', 'Was he royalty?', 'What did the Duchess wear?'] | {'answers': ['yes', 'siblings', 'no', 'yes', 'the breakfast dining room', 'David Thain and Letitia', 'Charlie Grantham', 'to town', 'unknown', 'coffee', 'Caroline', 'Duchess', "ten o'clock", 'no', 'David Thain', 'David Thain', 'unknown', 'Reginald', 'yes', 'travelling clothes and a hat'], 'answers_start': [783, 783, 211, 211, 88, 1261, 443, 560, -1, 891, 350, 137, 962, 1759, 1261, 1261, -1, 322, 72, 148], 'answers_end': [791, 789, 224, 224, 131, 1308, 494, 567, -1, 913, 358, 144, 979, 1793, 1296, 1272, -1, 330, 79, 177]} |
3wj1oxy92agboo5nlq4r7bnddjka8y | CHAPTER VII. AN EMPTY NEST
There had been no injunctions of secrecy, and though neither Miss Mohun nor Gillian had publicly mentioned the subject, all Rockquay who cared for the news knew by Sunday morning that Lady Merrifield's two elder daughters were engaged.
Gillian, in the course of writing her letters, had become somewhat familiarised with the idea, and really looked forward to talking it over with Kalliope. Though that young person could hardly be termed Alethea's best friend, it was certain that Alethea stood foremost with her, and that her interest in the matter would be very loving.
Accordingly, Kalliope was at the place of meeting even before Gillian, and anxiously she looked as she said---
'May I venture---may I ask if it is true?'
'True? Oh yes, Kally, I knew you would care.'
'Indeed, I well may. There is no expressing how much I owe to dear Miss Alethea and Lady Merrifield, and it is such a delight to hear of them.'
Accordingly, Gillian communicated the facts as she knew them, and offered to give any message.
'Only my dear love and congratulations,' said Kalliope, with a little sigh. 'I should like to have written, but---'
'But why don't you, then?'
'Oh no; she would be too much engaged to think of us, and it would only worry her to be asked for her advice.'
'I think I know what it is about,' said Gillian.
'How? Oh, how do you know? Did Mr. Flight say anything?'
'Mr. Flight?' exclaimed Gillian. 'What has he to do with it?' | ['Whose daughters were engaged?', 'How many daughters were engaged?', 'Were they the youngest daughters?', 'What city do they live in?', 'When did the people learn the news', "What hadn't talked about it?", 'Who else?', 'Where did Gillian go?', 'Who got there first?', "What is one of Merrifield's daughters named?", 'Did Kalliope write the daughters?', 'What message did Kalliope want to send?', 'Did Gillian know what happened?', 'What did Gillian offer to do?', "Is Gillian Aleathea's best friend?", 'What about Kalliope?', 'What does Gillian write?', 'Was the engagement supposed to be secret?', 'Did Kalliope know for sure if Alethea was enegaged?', 'Does she owe anything to Alethea?'] | {'answers': ["Lady Merrifield's", 'two', 'no', 'Rockquay', 'Sunday morning', 'Miss Mohun', 'Gillian', 'the place of meeting?', 'Kalliope', 'Alethea', 'no', 'love and congratulations', 'yes', 'give a message', 'unknown', 'no', 'letters', 'no', 'no', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [214, 215, 215, 150, 150, 83, 84, 621, 608, 814, 1131, 1057, 960, 960, -1, 424, 269, 31, 721, 814], 'answers_end': [267, 267, 266, 267, 209, 149, 150, 677, 677, 893, 1173, 1113, 1020, 1055, -1, 494, 315, 72, 764, 915]} |
3jaoywh7vi4sycf1n9zvglyzr1t9lw | CHAPTER XXXV.
RALPH A PRISONER.
At the appointed time, Ralph called again upon Horace Kelsey, and was given instructions in regard to the work he would be called on to do.
"But you had better not start in until you hear from your mother," said the insurance agent. "She may wish you to pay a visit home before you settle down here."
Ralph thought this good advice, and he resolved to act upon it.
"I ought to get a letter by to-morrow noon or night," he said. "And I will wait that long. If I don't get word, I'll take the trip home anyway, seeing as you say you will be kind enough to wait for me."
Kelsey then asked him what he intended to do while waiting, and learning Ralph had nothing in particular in view, he advised the boy to get a guide-book of the city and walk about, so that he might become familiar with the streets.
"The work I have for you will take you out more or less," he said. "And it is a great help if you understand how to get around."
At a nearby bookseller's Ralph purchased a guide-book for twenty-five cents. He studied it off and on the entire afternoon, walking around in the meantime. Before he retired that night at the hotel, he had taken in the city from Fourteenth street down to the Battery.
"It's awful big and crooked," he thought. "But I guess I'll manage to get around, especially if I keep the guide-book on hand for reference." | ['Who did Ralph contact?', 'When?', 'What was Ralph told?', 'For what?', "What is Horace's occupation?", 'Who did Horace tell Ralph to wait for?', 'When is Ralph receiving a note?', 'Will he wait for it?', "Where will he go if he doesn't receive the note?", 'Is Ralph young or old?', 'What purchase does Kelsey recommend?', 'And then what should he do?', 'Why?', 'Where did he go to buy the guidebook?', 'How much did it cost?', 'Did he read it?', 'What was one place he visited?', 'Another?', 'Did he think the town was well-organized?', 'When was he done exploring?'] | {'answers': ['Horace Kelsey', 'At the appointed time', 'he was given instructions', 'the work he would be called on to do', 'Insurance agent', 'until he hears from his mother', 'by to-morrow noon or night', 'Yes', 'home', 'Young', 'guide-book', 'walk about', 'so that he might become familiar with the streets', "At a nearby bookseller's", 'twenty-five cents', 'Yes', 'the Battery', 'Fourteenth street', 'No', 'unknown'], 'answers_start': [36, 36, 36, 36, 178, 178, 407, 408, 498, 612, 612, 612, 612, 977, 977, 1054, 1133, 1133, 1247, -1], 'answers_end': [174, 176, 175, 175, 340, 339, 460, 497, 610, 844, 844, 844, 842, 1054, 1053, 1132, 1245, 1245, 1388, -1]} |
3vben272mkzuhzxzlo26koyhnyrgsj | Consumer electronics once again topped the list of the most wanted gifts this holiday season. "Seventy-six percent of consumers who plan to buy holiday gifts say that they will spend money buying at least one technology product; definitely a solid vote of confidence for technology." Steve Koenig is with the Consumer Electronics Association. He says the group's latest research also shows that Americans this year are spending more on technology products. "Here in 2012, $252 on average-the technology spend for consumers this year." From tablet computers to smartphones, American shoppers have been lining up to get the newest and coolest electronic devices on the market. There are more choices today than ever before. "It's kind of hard to make a decision." Tablet computers are one of the best-selling products this year. Brian Tong is Senior Editor of CNET.com. The website reports on tech news and examines the latest electronic products. He says the Apple iPad Mini is one of the most popular tablets. Its starting price is $329. One of Apple's biggest competitors is the Google Nexus 7. It starts at $199. "The hardware inside is more powerful than what's in the iPad Mini, but also it offers you a lot of things like maps that work better than Apple's maps." Brian Tong says there is one reason why people may like the iPad Mini more than the Nexus 7. "If you just want to read books and surf the Internet, you don't really need to get an iPad Mini, but if you want the largest group of apps that's where the iPad and Apple's ecosystem shines the most." Elman Chacon is with the electronics store Best Buy. He says another hot product this season is smart cameras. They connect to the Internet through Wi-Fi. This makes it easy for users to email or upload photographs directly from the camera. "You can literally take a picture, upload it into your Facebook in a matter of seconds. These things are pretty cool because they do a lot of things." Streaming media boxes also connect to the Internet. People are able to watch web content such as movies and YouTube videos on their televisions. Another popular item is wireless speaker systems. The newest ones work with any device that has Bluetooth technology, including smartphones, laptops and tablets. With the growing popularity of Internet shopping, many consumers will visit a store first to look at a product, and then go online to find it at a lower price. Stores like Best Buy understand that and they want to stay competitive. "We have something called the perfect match promise which means if you buy a certain device and you find it cheaper within 30 days we'll go ahead and price match that for you." Elman Chacon said. | ['What is the starting price of the Apple iPad Mini?', 'Who is Steve Koenig with?', 'What was the most wanted holiday gifts in the season, according to the article?', 'What percent of gift-givers will get at least one technology product?', 'Are Americans this year spending more on technology products?', 'Who does Brian Tong work for?', 'What is his position there?', "What is one of the iPad Mini's stiffest competitors?"] | {'answers': ['$329', 'the Consumer Electronics Association', 'Consumer electronics', '76%', 'yes', 'CNET.com', 'Senior Editor', 'the Google Nexus 7'], 'answers_start': [953, 283, 0, 95, 342, 826, 827, 1038], 'answers_end': [1037, 341, 93, 229, 457, 866, 867, 1094]} |
3vj40nv2qinjocrcy7k4z235f4yot6 | The children's father wanted to know what every one wanted on their pizza. Andy wanted a strawberry on his pizza. Father thought that was funny. Father asked if anyone wanted chicken on the pizza. Sue did not want chicken. Andy wanted chicken. Dan did not want chicken, but their father wanted to get chicken on the pizza. Dan asked if they could have mushrooms on the pizza. Father did not like mushrooms. Andy and Sue wanted to have mushrooms, so their father had them put mushrooms on the pizza. Sue wanted to have green onions on the pizza. Father also wanted green onions. Dan and Andy did not like green onions, so they did not get green onions on the pizza. Father wanted to order thin crust pizza. Dan thought that thin crust pizza had the taste of an old shoe. Sue thought Dan was wrong. Sue wanted thin crust pizza also. Andy wanted thick crust pizza. He did not want thin crust, so their father ordered the pizza with thick crust. The pizza was very good and they ate it all. | ['What did the man want to know?', 'Who wanted something unusual?', 'What was it?', 'What did his dad think about that?', 'Did anyone want mushrooms on it?', 'How many people?', 'What were their names?', 'Did everyone agree on the crust?', 'What kind did Sue want?', 'And Andy?', 'How much of it did they all eat in the end?', 'DId someone want to put olives on it?', 'Who did not like mushrooms?', 'How many kids did he have?', 'How many were boys?', 'And girls?', 'Which one of them thought thin crust tastes like an old shoe?', 'How did he feel about green onions?'] | {'answers': ['what every one wanted on their pizza', 'Andy', 'a strawberry', 'That it was funny.', 'Yes.', 'Two', 'Andy and Sue', 'No.', 'thin crust pizza', 'thick crust.', 'All.', 'No.', 'Father.', 'Three', 'Two', 'One', 'Dan', "Didn't like them."], 'answers_start': [36, 74, 87, 114, 406, 407, 406, 797, 797, 830, 970, 0, 375, 197, 196, 197, 706, 591], 'answers_end': [73, 112, 99, 144, 445, 445, 419, 861, 824, 861, 986, 986, 382, 247, 248, 200, 709, 616]} |
3zak8w07i4edl8eiwr83extp1o30ug | Chapter VIII
Anne's First Proposal
The old year did not slip away in a green twilight, with a pinky-yellow sunset. Instead, it went out with a wild, white bluster and blow. It was one of the nights when the storm-wind hurtles over the frozen meadows and black hollows, and moans around the eaves like a lost creature, and drives the snow sharply against the shaking panes.
"Just the sort of night people like to cuddle down between their blankets and count their mercies," said Anne to Jane Andrews, who had come up to spend the afternoon and stay all night. But when they were cuddled between their blankets, in Anne's little porch room, it was not her mercies of which Jane was thinking.
"Anne," she said very solemnly, "I want to tell you something. May I"
Anne was feeling rather sleepy after the party Ruby Gillis had given the night before. She would much rather have gone to sleep than listen to Jane's confidences, which she was sure would bore her. She had no prophetic inkling of what was coming. Probably Jane was engaged, too; rumor averred that Ruby Gillis was engaged to the Spencervale schoolteacher, about whom all the girls were said to be quite wild.
"I'll soon be the only fancy-free maiden of our old quartet," thought Anne, drowsily. Aloud she said, "Of course."
"Anne," said Jane, still more solemnly, "what do you think of my brother Billy?"
Anne gasped over this unexpected question, and floundered helplessly in her thoughts. Goodness, what DID she think of Billy Andrews? She had never thought ANYTHING about him--round-faced, stupid, perpetually smiling, good-natured Billy Andrews. Did ANYBODY ever think about Billy Andrews? | ['Did anybody ever thinks about Billy Andrews?', 'Is Billy related to anyone Anne knows?', 'Who?', 'Was Jane married?', "What is Jane's last name?", 'Is that likely to change any time soon?', 'Is Jane likely to be engaged?', 'Is Anne engaged?', 'Does she think Billy is smart?', 'Is Anne wide awake?', 'Why not?', 'whose party?', 'When was it?'] | {'answers': ['unknown', 'yes', 'Jane', 'no', 'Andrews', 'unknown', 'Probably', 'no', 'no', 'no', 'because of the party', "Ruby Gillis'", 'the night before'], 'answers_start': [-1, 1339, 1306, 1017, 1339, -1, 1016, 1182, 1555, 770, 770, 807, 806], 'answers_end': [-1, 1376, 1376, 1047, 1376, -1, 1042, 1255, 1624, 801, 817, 839, 855]} |
36wlnqg78zaxgzk647qnuw356vdebo | ROME: The legend of Leonardo da Vinci is covered in mystery: How did he die? Are the remains buried in a French castle really those of the master? Was the "Mona Lisa" a self-portrait in disguise ?
A group of Italian scientists believe the key to solving those puzzles lies with the remains, and they say they are seeking permission to dig up the body to conduct carbon and DNA testing.
If the skull is undamaged, the scientists can go to the heart of a question that has fascinated scholars and the public for centuries: the identity of the "Mona Lisa." Recreating a virtual and then physical reconstruction of Leonardo's face, they can compare it with the smiling face in the painting.
"We don't know what we'll find if the tomb is opened. We could even just find grains and dust," says Giorgio Gruppioni, an anthropologist who is participating in the project. "But if the remains are well kept, they are a biological record of events in a person's life, and sometimes in their death." Silvano Vinceti, the leader of the group, said that _ in charge of the said burial site at Amboise Castle early next week.
Leonardo moved to France at the invitation of King Francis I, who named him "first painter to the king." He spent the last three years of his life there, and died in 1519 at age 67. The artist's original burial place, the palace church of Saint Florentine, was destroyed during the French Revolution and remains that are believed to be his were eventually reburied in the Saint-Hubert Chapel near the castle.
"The Amboise tomb is a symbolic tomb; it's a big question mark," said Alessandro Vezzosi, the director of a museum dedicated to Leonardo in his hometown of Vinci. Vezzosi said that investigating the tomb could help identify the artist's bones with certainty and solve other questions, such as the cause of his death. He said he asked to open the tomb in 2004 to study the remains, but the Amboise Castle turned him down.
The group of 100 experts involved in the project, called the National Committee for Historical and Artistic Heritage, was created in 2003 with the aim of "solving the great mysteries of the past," said Vinceti, who has written books on art and literature.
Arguably the world's most famous painting, the "Mona Lisa" hangs in the Louvre in Paris, where it drew some 8.5 million visitors last year. Mystery has surrounded the identity of the painting's subject for centuries, with opinions ranging from the wife of a Florentine merchant to Leonardo's own mother.
That Leonardo intended the "Mona Lisa" as a self-portrait in disguise is a possibility that has interested and divided scholars. Theories have existed: Some think that Leonardo's taste for tricks and riddles might have led him to hide his own identity behind that puzzling smile; others have guessed that the painting hid an androgynous lover.
If granted access to the grave site, the Italian experts plan to use a tiny camera and radar to confirm the presence of bones. The scientists would then exhume the remains and attempt to date the bones with carbon testing.
At the heart of the proposed study is the effort to discover whether the remains are actually Leonardo's, including with DNA testing.
Vezzosi questions the DNA comparison, saying he is unaware of any direct descendants of Leonardo or of tombs that could be attributed with certainty to the artist's close relatives.
Gruppioni said that DNA from the bones could also eventually be compared to DNA found elsewhere. For example, Leonardo is thought to have rubbed colors on the canvas with his thumb, possibly using saliva , meaning DNA might be found on his paintings.
Even in the absence of DNA testing, other tests could provide useful information, including whether the bones belonged to a man or a woman, and whether the person died young or old.
Even within the committee, experts are divided over the identity of the "Mona Lisa."
Vinceti believes that a tradition of considering the self-portrait to be not just a faithful imitation of one's features but a representation of one's spiritual identity may have resonated with Leonardo.
Vezzosi, the museum director, dismissed as "baseless and senseless" the idea that the "Mona Lisa" could be a self-portrait of Leonardo. He said most researchers believe the woman may have been either a wife of the artist's sponsor, the Florentine nobleman Giuliano de Medici, or Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo. The traditional view is that the name "Mona Lisa" comes from the silk merchant's wife, as well as its Italian name: "La Gioconda." | ['Whose body do scientists want to dig up?', 'What testing do they want to do?', 'At what age did he die?', 'In what year?', 'What happened to his original grave site?', 'During which historical event?', 'Where was this original site?', 'Where is he thought to be reburied?', 'Are they sure?', "What is the world's most famous painting?", 'How many people saw it last year?', 'Is anyone certain who is depicted in the painting?', 'What is one theory?', 'Does Vezzosi think that the Mona Lisa is a self-portrait?', 'When did he first ask to study the remains?', 'Was he allowed?', 'What project was created in 2003?', 'With how many experts involved?', 'What will carbon testing help scientists discover?', 'What tools do experts plan to use?'] | {'answers': ['Leonardo da Vinci', 'carbon and DNA testing', '67', '1519', 'it was destroyed', 'the French Revolution', 'palace church of Saint Florentine', 'the Saint-Hubert Chapel', 'no', 'the "Mona Lisa"', '8.5 million', 'no', "it's Leonardo's own mother", 'no', '2004', 'no', 'the National Committee for Historical and Artistic Heritage', '100', "the bone's age", 'a camera and radar'], 'answers_start': [6, 343, 1276, 1276, 1299, 1374, 1300, 1421, 1529, 2210, 2304, 2349, 2373, 4137, 1845, 1883, 1952, 1952, 2987, 2911], 'answers_end': [388, 386, 1298, 1288, 1417, 1418, 1373, 1525, 1591, 2268, 2348, 2411, 2512, 4271, 1908, 1950, 2089, 2000, 3085, 2955]} |
3nd9uoo81k23a8s9gk9nu56apvhwly | (CNN) -- Marissa Mayer, who was Google's first female engineer and its 20th employee when she joined that company in 1999, has been named CEO of Yahoo.
She's the fifth CEO in as many years at that struggling company. Monday's announcement has caused ripples in the world of technology as people expressed surprise that Mayer would leave Google and that Yahoo has landed such a charismatic leader.
Here's a quick guide to some of the most interesting and water-cooler-worthy facts about the 37-year-old. (We know what you're thinking. And yes -- an 11-point list can successfully illuminate decades of a person's personal and professional life. Of course it can.)
If we missed something fun, let us know in the comments.
1. She's responsible for the clean look of Google.com. The minimalist home page, with plenty of white space and a single search bar in the center, is said to be the brainchild of Mayer, who has overseen the launch and development of many of Google's iconic products.
"Google has the functionality of a really complicated Swiss Army knife, but the home page is our way of approaching it closed. It's simple, it's elegant, you can slip it in your pocket, but it's got the great doodad when you need it," she told Fast Company in 2005. "A lot of our competitors are like a Swiss Army knife open -- and that can be intimidating and occasionally harmful."
2. She specializes in artificial intelligence. Mayer holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Stanford University. For both degrees, Mayer focused on artificial intelligence, which has become a core area of focus for Google, a company that has introduced autonomous cars and whose computers are trying to use equations to understand human speech. She told CNN she holds several patents in AI and interface design. | ['What company just got a new CEO?', "What is that person's name?", 'Where did she work previously?', 'Was their anything special about her and that comany?', 'What does she specialize in?', 'What well-known thing is she responsible for?', 'How many points did the full article make about her?', 'Who did she speak to in 2005?', 'What common item did she reference in that talk?', 'Did she go to college?', 'Where did she go?', 'Did she get an undergraduate and post-grad certificate?', 'What did she tell CNN?', 'In what?', 'Are people surprised that she left her old job?', 'What kind of leader do people think of her as?', 'Is there any sarcasm in this article?', 'Can you give me an example of it?', 'What is a core ideal at Google?'] | {'answers': ['Yahoo', 'Marissa Mayer', 'Google', 'First female engineer', 'Artificial intelligence', 'Tthe clean look of Google.com.', '11', 'Fast Company', 'Swiss Army Knife', 'Yes', 'Stanford University.', 'Yes', 'She holds several patents.', 'AI and interface design.', 'Yes', 'Charismatic.', 'Yes.', '"Of course it can."', 'Artificial intelligence'], 'answers_start': [123, 9, 8, 31, 1386, 731, 549, 1232, 1232, 1382, 1430, 1382, 1731, 1741, 289, 355, 506, 506, 1535], 'answers_end': [150, 152, 61, 62, 1428, 782, 567, 1261, 1321, 1498, 1499, 1498, 1799, 1799, 399, 399, 667, 667, 1610]} |
3zsano2jcf7o3z14a4wo23y5mp3sfk | Pali is a Prakrit language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of much of the earliest extant literature of Buddhism as collected in the "Pāli Canon" or "Tipiṭaka" and is the sacred language of some religious texts of Hinduism and all texts of "Theravāda" Buddhism.
The word Pali is used as a name for the language of the Theravada canon. According to the Pali Text Society's Dictionary, the word seems to have its origins in commentarial traditions, wherein the "Pāli" (in the sense of the line of original text quoted) was distinguished from the commentary or vernacular translation that followed it in the manuscript. As such, the name of the language has caused some debate among scholars of all ages; the spelling of the name also varies, being found with both long "ā" and short "a" , and also with either a retroflex or non-retroflex "l" sound. Both the long ā and retroflex ḷ are seen in the ISO 15919/ALA-LC rendering, Pāḷi; however, to this day there is no single, standard spelling of the term, and all four possible spellings can be found in textbooks. R. C. Childers translates the word as "series" and states that the language "bears the epithet in consequence of the perfection of its grammatical structure". | ['What sort of dialect is being discussed?', 'What is it used as?', 'Where is it from?', 'Are there books you might find it in?', 'Like what?', 'Any others?', 'Such as?', 'Do any specific religions use it?', 'Such as?', 'Who says it comes from commentary tradition?', 'Do all academics agree about the naming?', "What about how it's spelled?", 'How many ways is it spelled?', 'What are two differences?', 'Do you know of any other differences?', 'What are they?', 'Who offers an alternate render of it?', 'Is there a person who names it a different way too?', 'What naming does he give it?', 'What does he have to say about the dialect?'] | {'answers': ['Pali', 'the sacred language of some religious texts', 'the Indian subcontinent', 'Yes', 'the "Pāli Canon"', 'Yes', '"Tipiṭaka"', 'Yes', 'Hinduism', "the Pali Text Society's Dictionary", 'No', 'the spelling of the name also varies', 'Four', 'both long "ā" and short "a" can exist', 'Yes', 'either a retroflex or non-retroflex "l"\xa0sound', 'the ISO 15919/ALA-LC', 'R.\xa0C.\xa0Childers', 'he translates the word as "series"', 'it bears the epithet in consequence of the perfection of its grammatical structure'], 'answers_start': [0, 214, 0, 141, 124, 122, 125, 211, 211, 388, 670, 754, 793, 793, 840, 840, 901, 1114, 1114, 1114], 'answers_end': [28, 262, 60, 210, 196, 210, 210, 314, 273, 498, 753, 791, 900, 837, 899, 899, 976, 1271, 1160, 1272]} |
3dy4fpooa1o1yhnhvu1nufwvn7hvrb | South Slavic dialects historically formed a continuum. The turbulent history of the area, particularly due to expansion of the Ottoman Empire, resulted in a patchwork of dialectal and religious differences. Due to population migrations, Shtokavian became the most widespread in the western Balkans, intruding westwards into the area previously occupied by Chakavian and Kajkavian (which further blend into Slovenian in the northwest). Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs differ in religion and were historically often part of different cultural circles, although a large part of the nations have lived side by side under foreign overlords. During that period, the language was referred to under a variety of names, such as "Slavic", "Illyrian", or according to region, "Bosnian", "Serbian" and "Croatian", the latter often in combination with "Slavonian" or "Dalmatian".
Serbo-Croatian was standardized in the mid-19th-century Vienna Literary Agreement by Croatian and Serbian writers and philologists, decades before a Yugoslav state was established. From the very beginning, there were slightly different literary Serbian and Croatian standards, although both were based on the same Shtokavian subdialect, Eastern Herzegovinian. In the 20th century, Serbo-Croatian served as the official language of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (when it was called "Serbo-Croato-Slovenian"), and later as one of the official languages of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The breakup of Yugoslavia affected language attitudes, so that social conceptions of the language separated on ethnic and political lines. Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, Bosnian has likewise been established as an official standard in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and there is an ongoing movement to codify a separate Montenegrin standard. Serbo-Croatian thus generally goes by the ethnic names Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, and sometimes Montenegrin and Bunjevac. | ['Why are South Slavic dialects on a continuum?', 'which dialect was the most widespread?', 'were there other differences besides dialetctal?', 'which dialect was the most widespread in the Balkans?', 'Which 3 have differences in religion?', 'What is one name for the dialects?', 'Were the languages sometimes named by region?', 'What is one example?', 'and another?', 'one more?', 'what is Croation a combination of?'] | {'answers': ['expansion of the Ottoman Empire', 'western Balkans', 'religious', 'Shtokavian', 'Bosniaks, Croats and Serbs', 'Eastern Herzegovinian', 'yes', 'Bosnian', 'Serbian', 'Croatian', '"Slavonian" or "Dalmatian"'], 'answers_start': [90, 237, 143, 237, 434, 1177, 651, 736, 739, 736, 800], 'answers_end': [141, 297, 205, 297, 480, 1222, 759, 796, 796, 795, 862]} |
3vzlgyjeyla24xe35qwi43vfd9lzx9 | Rome, Italy (CNN) -- A Nigerian man who sang in a Vatican choir arranged gay liaisons for an Italian government official who served in the unpaid role of papal usher, according to transcripts of wiretaps collected by Italian authorities.
The wiretaps were gathered as part of an investigation into how public-works contracts were awarded.
The purported conversations were between Angelo Balducci, who oversaw the Italian government's awarding of construction contracts -- including work on the airport at Perugia -- and Thomas Chinedu Ehiem, a 39-year-old Nigerian singer. They were recorded between April 14, 2008, and January 20, 2010.
In addition to working for the government, Balducci served as a "gentleman of his holiness," also known as a papal usher or "Vatican gentleman." The main responsibility of the ceremonial position is to welcome heads of state to the Vatican and escort them to see the Pope.
Balducci is one of three public officials who, along with a businessman, have been jailed on charges related to corruption in the public works department. The public officials are alleged to have awarded contracts to businessmen who offered them favors, money, sex, and/or house remodeling in exchange. The suspects, who deny the charges, are in "cautionary custody" though they have not been charged or indicted.
The Italian news media have nicknamed the scandal "grande opere," which translates as "big works." The transcripts of the wiretaps were made public on Wednesday and widely disseminated in the media.
Balducci's lawyer, Franco Coppi, lambasted investigators' handling of his client. | ['What is the name of the Nigerian performer?', 'What did he arrange?', 'For who?', 'Who caught him doing so?', 'How?', 'When did this happen?', 'What other role did Balducci serve?', 'What other phrase is that position known as?', 'What does that entail?', 'And take them where?', 'How many public officials have been arrested?', 'What allegedly happened/', 'For what else?', 'Have they been indicted?', 'What has the scandal been nicknamed?', 'What does that mean?', 'Who is Franco Coppi?'] | {'answers': ['Thomas Chinedu Ehiem', 'gay liaisons', 'an Italian government official', 'Italian authorities.', 'wiretaps', '2008, to 2010.', 'a papal usher', 'gentleman of his holiness', 'welcome heads of state to the Vatican', 'to see the Pope', 'three', 'they awarded contracts for favors', 'money, sex, and house remodeling', 'yes', 'grande opere', 'big works', "Balducci's lawyer"], 'answers_start': [524, 21, 64, 167, 194, 577, 687, 687, 790, 887, 919, 1074, 1148, 996, 1335, 1385, 1536], 'answers_end': [575, 85, 165, 238, 238, 642, 788, 788, 915, 915, 1008, 1171, 1220, 1072, 1401, 1433, 1567]} |
3m23y66po27sk68t9btk8xlstk2s67 | Shelly Nielsen sees students fall asleep in class at least twice a week. "When I see
teens asleep in my class, I wonder if I am really that boring", said Nielsen, a teacher. "I also wonder why they are so tired." Neilson first tried to wake up sleeping students quietly. If the snoozing continues, she may call a student's parents to find out how much sleep the students is getting at night and why.
According to a research, teens need at least nine hours of sleep to function
properly during the day. And more than 90 percent of teens say they are sleeping less than that each night.
"The big problem is the social demand for homework, video games and friends. Teens don't understand how important sleep is." said Dr. Carl Lawyer, a specialist.
Rebecca Lucas, another teacher agrees. "Teens are busy," she said, " many
activities force them to get home pretty late. When I see teens sleeping in my class, I feel sad. I also feel frustrated because I have so much to teach in such a short amount of time and teens sleeping in the class slows me down."
Al Taylor, a teacher says sleeping is not allowed in his class. "When I see a teen
sleeping in my class, I feel bad that they didn't get enough sleep but they need to correct it at home," Taylor said. "I've raised teenage boys myself. Teenagers like to wait to the last minute to do their homework so that they often stay up late trying to finish it." | ["What is the teacher's name/", 'How much sleep do teens need?', 'Do most teens get that much?', 'What is one thing that prevents them from getting enough sleep?', "What's another?", "What is Dr. Lawyer's job?", "What is Rebecca Lucas' profession?", 'How does she feel when kids sleep in class?', "What is Al Taylor's profession?", 'Does he have his own children?', 'Are they girls?', 'What does he say about homework?', 'What does shelly Nielsen see in her class?', 'What does she wonder about?', 'What does Shelly Nielsen do sometimes if kids are sleeping in class?', 'does she do anything else?', 'What does she want to know from the parents?', "What percentage of teens don't get 9 hours of sleep?"] | {'answers': ['Shelly Nielsen', 'nine hours', 'No', 'video games', 'friends', 'Sleep specialist', 'teacher', 'bad', 'teacher', 'Yes', 'No', 'Teenagers like to wait to the last minute to do their homework', 'teen sleeping', 'if it needs to be corrected at home', 'wake up sleeping students quietly', "she may call a student's parents", 'to find out how much sleep the students is getting at night and why', '90 percent'], 'answers_start': [0, 448, 522, 645, 661, 742, 778, 1173, 1079, 1270, 1281, 1303, 1143, 1227, 238, 300, 333, 521], 'answers_end': [14, 460, 590, 656, 668, 752, 786, 1183, 1086, 1301, 1294, 1365, 1160, 1253, 271, 332, 400, 532]} |
39ghhavomfrl6glp3trrjyar1dhj41 | The scope and legality of the government's warrantless electronic surveillance programs was discussed Tuesday as a federal appeals court reviewed a lower U.S. court's injunction that would block collection of data from two plaintiffs who are suing
Activist Larry Klayman, an attorney who heads the group "Freedom Watch," filed suit last year based on published reports of wrongdoing from whistleblower Edward Snowden. The former contractor with the National Security Agency accused authorities of misusing some of the capabilities he observed, and acting without a judicial or statutory basis.
Klayman, using himself as an aggrieved party from the surveillance, used the lawsuit to accuse the government of conducting "a secret and illegal government scheme to intercept and analyze vast quantities of domestic telephonic communications," along with communications "from the internet and electronic service providers."
Tuesday he said he has the standing to bring the suit as a customer of Verizon, one of the companies known to be cooperating with warrantless surveillance. But when the appeals panel asked him for documented proof he had been targeted, Klayman said only that the broad scope of the surveillance made it likely.
The other plaintiff is Charles Strange, whose son Michael was an NSA cryptologist and Navy SEAL in Afghanistan in 2011 when he was killed in the downing of his helicopter by insurgents. The father told reporters he has been the target of secret intelligence gathering because he's been asking questions about the circumstances surrounding his son's death.
Both men late last year won a preliminary injunction that would have barred the government from collecting data on them, and it ordered authorities to destroy any data already gathered. | ['who is the other plaintiff?', "who's father is he?", 'What did Michael do?', 'where was he working?', 'what happened to him?', 'what year>?', 'why was his father a target of secret intelligence work?', 'what was being discussed on Tuesday', 'where ?', 'what are they reviewing?', 'that did what?', 'who is one of the plaintiffs', 'what does he do?', 'anything else?', 'what group does he head?', 'what is his lawsuit based on?'] | {'answers': ['Charles Strange', "Michael's", 'he was an NSA cryptologist and Navy SEAL', 'in Afghanistan', 'he was killed in the downing of his helicopter', 'in 2011', "he's been asking questions about the circumstances surrounding his son's death.", "The scope and legality of the government's warrantless electronic surveillance programs", 'a federal appeals court', "a lower U.S. court's injunction", 'would block collection of data from two plaintiffs who are suing', 'Larry Klayman', "he's an attorney", 'a former contractor with the National Security Agency', '"Freedom Watch"', 'published reports of wrongdoing from whistleblower Edward Snowden'], 'answers_start': [1238, 1278, 1288, 1334, 1362, 1334, 1506, 0, 112, 137, 178, 250, 250, 420, 258, 344], 'answers_end': [1276, 1333, 1333, 1356, 1422, 1356, 1594, 109, 136, 177, 248, 272, 285, 475, 320, 418]} |
3tvss0c0e10rtl0eptbegwgrj6etw5 | At a primary school in a small town in the east of South Carolina, second-grade teachers Carneau and Lynne are convinced that separating primary boys and girls produces immediate academic improvement in both genders
David Chadwell, South Carolina's coordinator of single gender education says, " Boys and girls learn,hear and respond to their surroundings differently. We can teach boys and girls based on what we now know."
Male and female eyes are not organized in the same way,he explains. The composition of the male eye makes it sensitive to motion and direction. " Boys interpret the world as objects moving through space," he says.
The male eye is also drawn to cooler color1s like silver and black. It's no accident that boys tend to create pictures of moving objects instead of drawing the happy color1ful family,as girls do in class.
The female eye,on the other hand,is drawn to warmer color1s like red, yellow and orange. To attract girls, Chadwell says, the teacher doesn't need to move as much as in boys' class. Using descriptive phrases and lots of color1s in presentations or on the blackboard gets their attention.
Boys and girls also hear differently. " When someone speaks in a loud tone,girls interpret it as yelling, " says Chadwell. " They think you're mad and can shut down. " Girls are more sensitive to sounds. He advises girls' teachers to watch the tone of their voices. Boys' teachers should sound more forceful, even excited.
A boy's nervous system causes him to be more cautious when he is standing, moving, and the room temperature is around 6.Stress in boys,he says, tends to increase blood flow to their brains, a process that helps them stay focused. Girls are more focused when they are seated in a warmer room around 75degF. Girls also respond to stress differently. When exposed to threat and conflict, blood goes to their guts ,leaving them feeling nervous or anxious.
These differences can be applied in the classroom, Chadwell adds. " Single gender programs are about maximizing the learning." | ['What are the names of the two teachers?', 'What grade do they teach?', 'What do they think is a good idea.', 'What color attracts boys eyes?', 'What are boys more likely to draw?', 'What about females?', 'Do boys and girls see the world the same?', 'What is one color female eyes are attracted to?', 'What is another color?', 'Does the instructor need more movement to keep girls attention than boys?', 'Do both sexes hear things the same?', 'How do girls interpret loud speech?', 'Who is David Chadwell?'] | {'answers': ['Carneau and Lynne', 'second', 'separating primary boys and girls', 'silver and black', 'moving objects', 'happy color1ful family', 'no', 'red,', 'yellow', 'no', 'no', 'They can shut down.', "South Carolina's coordinator of single gender education"], 'answers_start': [79, 67, 126, 649, 730, 793, 430, 857, 916, 974, 1142, 1267, 218], 'answers_end': [107, 89, 216, 711, 782, 827, 483, 921, 940, 1032, 1179, 1307, 294]} |
3rgu30dzta81a6av9xrn5srrnbamjl | We have heard about people who have special memories. Recently there has been a report about a woman from Australia who can remember almost every detail of all the events in her daily life. Rebecca Sharrock, 25, is one of just 80 people worldwide who have been identified as having Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory ( HSAM,). It means she can remember every small event-which most people would forget with in (......) days-as if it had happened just minutes ago. "I remember my mum putting me in the driver's seat of a car and taking a picture of me when I was 12 days old," she said. "That's my earliest memory. I remember every day since then. I can't tell all the dates exactly because I was too young to understand calendars, but I remember what I did that every day, what the weather was like and so on." Rebecca can also re-experience taste. If she's eating something that she doesn't like, she thinks about Black Forest cake, her favorite food, and the memory will be so strong that she can nearly "taste" it. However, sometimes her memories prove to be painful. Because they're not just events that she remembers. "When I relive memories, the feelings return, too," Rebecca said. "For example, I remember falling over when I was three at my grandparents' house and hurting my left knee. Talking about it now, I feel painful in my left knee. " "At night, I have to sleep with the radio/recorder and a soft light on, she added. "1f it's too dark or quiet, my mind would be filled with all these memories and I can't sleep. " | ['How old is Rebecca Sharrock?', 'Where is she from?', 'What special talent does she have?', 'Which means what?', 'How old was she in the first thing she remembers?', 'Where was she then?', 'What did her mom do after that?', 'What kinds of things does she remember about each day?', 'Which sense of hers has an unusual feature?', 'How is it unusual?', 'What thing does she enjoy eating the most?', 'How many people have incredible memories like her?', 'Are they all in Australia?', 'How old was she during her first memory?', 'What body part did she hurt when she was little?', 'Where was she when that happened?', 'How old was she then?', 'What happened when she talked about it?', 'What does she listen to when she rests?', 'Why?'] | {'answers': ['25', 'Australia', 'Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory', 'she can remember almost every detail of all the events in her daily life', '12 days old', "in the driver's seat of a car", 'take a picture', 'what she did and what the weather was like', 'taste', 'she can re-experience taste', 'Black Forest cake', '80', 'no', '12 days old', 'her left knee', "her grandparents' house", 'three', 'she felt pain in her left knee', 'radio/recorder', "if it's too dark or quiet she can't sleep"], 'answers_start': [208, 106, 282, 120, 567, 499, 533, 751, 847, 833, 920, 227, 237, 567, 1287, 1252, 1243, 1323, 1393, 1441], 'answers_end': [210, 115, 329, 188, 578, 527, 549, 803, 852, 846, 937, 229, 246, 578, 1299, 1274, 1248, 1353, 1407, 1533]} |
3snvl38ci4sjc44metxl3bms8kmkcc | New York is an American biweekly magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style generally, and with a particular emphasis on New York City. Founded by Milton Glaser and Clay Felker in 1968 as a competitor to "The New Yorker", it was brasher and less polite, and established itself as a cradle of New Journalism. Over time, it became more national in scope, publishing many noteworthy articles on American culture by writers such as Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Nora Ephron, John Heilemann, Frank Rich, and Rebecca Traister.
In its 21st-century incarnation under editor-in-chief Adam Moss, "The nation's best and most-imitated city magazine is often not about the city—at least not in the overcrowded, traffic-clogged, five-boroughs sense", wrote then "Washington Post" media critic Howard Kurtz, as the magazine has increasingly published political and cultural stories of national significance.
Since its redesign and relaunch in 2004, the magazine has won more National Magazine Awards than any other publication, including the 2013 award for Magazine of the Year. It was one of the first dual-audience "lifestyle magazines", and its format and style have been emulated by some other American regional city publications.
In 2009, its paid and verified circulation was 408,622, with 95.8% of that coming from subscriptions. Its websites—NYmag.com, Vulture.com, The Cut, and Grub Street—receive visits from more than 14 million users per month. | ['What magazine is this about?', 'Is that the same as the New Yorker?', 'What topics does New York cover?', 'How does it differ from the New Yorker?', 'Are the two magazines in competition?', 'When was it founded?', 'By whom?', 'Who are some of the writers it has featured?', 'Who else?', 'Does it have a website?', 'How many?', 'How many visits do they get a month?', 'Who is the editor-in-chief?', 'Has it ever been redesigned?', 'When?', 'Do other magazines try to copy it?', 'Has it received awards?', 'Like what?', 'When was that?', 'Does it post national stories or just local?'] | {'answers': ['New York', 'no', 'magazine concerned with life, culture, politics, and style', 'brasher and less polite', 'yes', '1968', 'Milton Glaser and Clay Felke', 'Tom Wolfe and Jimmy Breslin', 'Nora Ephron, John Heilemann, Frank Rich, and Rebecca Traister.', 'yes', 'Four', 'more than 14 million', 'Adam Moss', 'yes', '2004', 'yes', 'yes', 'Magazine of the Year.', '2013', 'national'], 'answers_start': [0, 204, 33, 222, 197, 152, 152, 428, 428, 1340, 1339, 1402, 537, 909, 909, 1159, 950, 1042, 1042, 601], 'answers_end': [42, 236, 91, 268, 236, 200, 191, 468, 533, 1400, 1401, 1458, 598, 928, 949, 1234, 1078, 1079, 1078, 678]} |
3quo65dnquoyop61ycae4yp7zkcuof | Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington (CNN) -- The American soldier accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a shooting rampage is sitting in a military courtroom for the next week or more, hearing the evidence against him.
The Article 32 hearing began Monday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state to determine if a trial is warranted for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who could get the death penalty if convicted.
The deadly shooting spree near a small U.S. base in Afghanistan's Kandahar province last March strained already tense U.S.-Afghan relations and intensified a debate about whether to pull out American troops ahead of their planned 2014 withdrawal.
"He committed a mass killing crime, and we would like the court in the United States to implement justice and punish him according to the crime," Ahmad Zia Syamak, a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, told CNN on Monday.
Bales acted with "chilling premeditation" and was "lucid, coherent and responsive" when he left the remote outpost and went from house to house, gunning down villagers, Lt. Col. Joseph Morse, the Army's prosecutor, told the court. Women and children were among the 16 dead and six wounded, authorities said.
"Nothing really justifies killing women and children in a noncombat situation," Bales' attorney, John Henry Browne, told CNN earlier. "But there may be explanations if that's true."
Read more: Stunned friends recall good deeds of Afghanistan killings suspect
The first soldier to testify Monday was Cpl. David Godwin, who said he watched a movie and drank Jack Daniels whiskey with Bales and another soldier, Sgt. Jason McLaughlin, just hours before the alleged attack. | ['What court does Ahmad want to implement justice?', 'Who does Ahmad speak for?', "Who's that?", 'What news organization did Ahmad express his opinion to?', 'When?', 'Is Ahmad hoping someone will be punished?', 'Who?', 'Did he do something bad?', 'What is he accused of doing?', 'Does anything justify killing women and children in a noncombat situation?', 'Who made that statement?', "What's his name?", "Does he think there's a valid explanation if it's true?", "Are Bales' friends stunned by his actions?", 'When did the first soldier testify?', 'Who was it?', "What's his rank?", 'What did he do with Bales hours before the attack?', 'What else?', 'Who was the other soldier with them?'] | {'answers': ['the court in the United States to implement justice', 'Hamid Karzai,', 'The Afghan President', 'CNN', '"Monday', 'Yes', 'Robert Bales', 'Yes allegedly', 'killing 16 Afghan villagers in a shooting rampage', 'no', "Bales' attorney", 'John Henry Browne', 'there may be', 'yes', 'monday', 'David Godwin', 'Cpl.', 'watched a movie', 'drank Jack Daniels', 'Jason McLaughlin'], 'answers_start': [683, 829, 846, 829, 827, 683, 372, 916, 78, 1226, 1305, 1323, 1360, 1421, 1489, 1534, 1529, 1557, 1580, 1622], 'answers_end': [827, 913, 914, 914, 915, 828, 384, 1083, 127, 1306, 1321, 1340, 1408, 1487, 1524, 1546, 1546, 1699, 1599, 1660]} |
382m9cohehfccytc4y7izmvtvcjuec | The Spanish language is the second most spoken language in the United States. There are 45 million Hispanophones who speak Spanish as a first or second language in the United States, as well as six million Spanish language students. Together, this makes the United States of America the second largest Hispanophone country in the world after Mexico, and with the United States having more Spanish-speakers than Colombia and Spain (but fewer first language speakers). Spanish is the Romance language and the Indo-European language with the largest number of native speakers in the world. Roughly half of all American Spanish-speakers also speak English "very well," based on their self-assessment in the U.S. Census.
The Spanish language has been present in what is now the United States since the 16th and 17th centuries, with the arrival of Spanish colonization in North America that would later become the states of Florida, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California. The Spanish explorers explored areas of 42 future U.S. states leaving behind a varying range of Hispanic legacy in the North American continent. Additionally, western regions of the Louisiana Territory were under Spanish rule between 1763 to 1800, after the French and Indian War, further extending the Spanish influence throughout modern-day United States of America. | ['How many spanish language students are in the United States?', 'How long has the Spanish language been present in the United states?', 'How long were parts of Louisiana under Spanish rule?', 'Based on the US Census, how do american spansih speakers rate their English?', 'Who has more spanish speakers, the US or Mexico?', 'When did the spanish language arrive in what is now the united states?', 'What states did the spanish colinizers occupy?', 'What language is the most used in the world?', 'how many states did the spanish explorers explore?', 'How many Hispanophones speak spanish as a first or second language?'] | {'answers': ['six million', 'since the 16th and 17th centuries', '37 years.', 'very well', 'Mexico', '16th and 17th centuries', 'Florida, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and California', 'Spanish', '42', '45 million'], 'answers_start': [193, 788, 1223, 653, 342, 799, 919, 467, 1037, 87], 'answers_end': [205, 822, 1243, 661, 348, 822, 995, 474, 1039, 98]} |
3iq1vmjrytkb2toxqia577iowa3a9t | (CNN)As "Mad Men" returned for its seventh season, many viewers tuned in to see what happened next for Don, Peggy, Pete and the other characters of the hit AMC show. Many were eager to see the fabulous clothes the actors wore.
We can't help but wonder -- was all that glamour real, or is it just the magic of TV? We asked readers to share their snapshots from 1967-69 and show us what the late '60s really looked like.
Janie Lambert, 61, says she thinks "Mad Men" portrays the decade's conservative fashion and mod look accurately. But she remembers the late 1960s as more colorful and vibrant.
"My favorite looks in the '60s were the bright colors and bold patterns, stripes and polka dots, miniskirts, long hair and pale lipstick," Lambert says.
'Mad Men' and the other 1960s
Many iReporters strived to keep up with the fast pace of the changing fashion in the late '60s. Patricia Anne Alfano, 66, went from a British-inspired mod style cheerleader to a hippie in a matter of three years.
In 1967, Alfano was an "Eaglette" -- an NFL cheerleader for the Philadelphia Eagles. Unlike today, the cheerleaders were covered from head to toe. The uniforms had long sleeves, and the cheerleaders wore gloves and cloth helmets.
"From the early 1960s until 1967, I spent tons of time on my hair," she says, noting her mod hairdo in the picture is actually a wig. "Wigs were big back then. Everyone had at least one."
In 1968, the style began to evolve. Alfano still spent a lot of time on her hair, but her peers began heavily criticizing all things materialistic, so the style became more casual. | ['What TV show is returning?', 'Including this year, how many seasons has the show aired?', 'What time period is portrayed in the show?', 'Was Frank a listed character of the series?', 'Who were the main people of the series?', 'Are they the only people on the series?', 'Did anyone specific speak to the series accuracy?', 'What was her name?', 'How old is she?', 'Does she think the time period was justified in the series?', 'Did she enjoy the dull color that was seen during the period?', 'What was one of her favorite parts of the sixties?', 'Anything else?', 'Did anyone else speak to the time period?', 'Who?', 'How old is she?', 'What was her job during the sixties?', 'What team?', 'Do they wear the same outfits today to cheer?', 'Do they wear short skirts?'] | {'answers': ['Mad Men', 'Seven', 'The 1960s', 'unknown', 'Don, Peggy, Pete', 'No', 'Yes', 'Janie Lambert', '61', 'Yes', 'No', 'The bright colors and bold patterns', 'Also stripes and polka dots', 'Yes', 'Patricia Anne Alfano', '66', 'cheerleader', 'The Philadelphia Eagles.', 'No', 'No'], 'answers_start': [5, 1, 314, -1, 49, 0, 423, 424, 423, 423, 601, 602, 674, 788, 884, 884, 949, 1003, 1087, 1085], 'answers_end': [49, 50, 418, -1, 165, 166, 599, 599, 440, 598, 755, 672, 696, 1001, 1001, 909, 960, 1087, 1100, 1233]} |
3nvc2eb65qzqj9xkpfnbjgx90hv3yv | (CNN) -- Organizers of the 2018 Russia World Cup insist they have nothing to hide ahead of an investigation into the bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 tournaments.
Football's world governing body FIFA awarded the 2018 competition to Russia and the 2022 World Cup to Qatar in December 2010, a decision which has been dogged by allegations of corruption and wrongdoing.
Michael Garcia, a former New York attorney, is head of the investigative arm of FIFA's ethics committee and will visit all of the countries involved in the bidding process for the two tournaments, beginning in London next week. Garcia has always insisted he is completely independent from FIFA and would not hesitate to take action against president Sepp Blatter or other top FIFA officials if he found evidence that they broke the rules.
The head of media for Russia 2018 says the committee will co-operate fully with Garcia's fact-finding investigation.
"We can confirm the local organizing committee (LOC) will fully support Mr Garcia's work if he contacts us," read a statement issued to CNN.
"The Russia 2018 committee ran a bid campaign in full compliance with FIFA rules and ethics, and we were awarded the right to host the FIFA World Cup because of the unique and compelling proposition we put together.
"The LOC continues to conduct itself with exactly the same degree of transparency, commitment to excellence and spirit of fair play."
Blog: Can the Qatar World Cup be moved?
How and where Garcia's potential meeting with Russia takes place is open to question given in April he was one of 18 people barred from entering the country over what Moscow said were human rights abuses, linked to the lawyer's arrest and charging of Viktor Bout, a Russian, who is serving a 25-year prison sentence in the U.S. for arms trafficking. | ['What media outlet published this story?', 'Who claims they have nothing to hide?', 'what process is being investigated?', 'for which tournaments?'] | {'answers': ['CNN', 'Organizers of the 2018 Russia World Cup', 'The bidding process', 'the 2018 and 2022 tournaments'], 'answers_start': [0, 56, 94, 137], 'answers_end': [5, 82, 132, 168]} |
31jlpphs2uuepvtijsedhpz7l6s3od | One day my dad was walking home and he had a big ice-cream cone. He had chocolate and vanilla and strawberry ice-cream on top of each other. He was moving his head back and forward to some music that he was playing when a spider dropped on his ice-cream for a little bite. My dad saw right away that a spider was on it and he brushed the spider off. After the spider was put on the floor, a fly flew into his ice-cream, right where the spider had been! Oh how terrible! My dad made the spider leave and right after that he saw an alligator come running up to him wanting a bite of his ice-cream too! My dad dropped his cone, ran away, and bought a yoghurt instead. He thought about buying a dingdong, but since dinner time was so close and he had such a big lunch, he thought a yoghurt would be better. It's a much safer and better dessert.
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336yqze83vet37vakvnt4i8m4uam5x | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A habitually violent young man was convicted Wednesday of the murder of teenage actor Rob Knox, who had starred in the latest "Harry Potter" film.
The father, brother and mother of Rob Knox pose together after the death of the young actor.
Karl Bishop, 22, attacked Knox and four friends with two kitchen knives outside a bar in Sidcup, south east London, last May. He stabbed them 10 times in less than two minutes, the Old Bailey court in central London heard.
Knox, 18, had rushed out of the bar after he heard that Bishop had threatened his younger brother Jamie but he ended up being stabbed five times, once in a main artery. He died in hospital later that night.
Bystanders said Bishop's face was "screwed up in rage" as he lashed out with the two knives, the Press Association reported.
Days before the attack, the actor had finished filming on "Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince," due for international release in July, in which he played the role of Marcus Belby. He was set to reprise the part in future "Harry Potter" films.
Knox's father Colin told mourners at his funeral, including co-star Rupert Grint, that his son had been "living the dream," PA said.
Prosecutor Brian Altman told the court that the young actor's promising life was ended by a "habitual knife carrier" who believed stabbing people was an "occupational hazard" and had previous convictions for knife crime.
Bishop is due to be sentenced on Thursday. | ['Who was in a Harry Potter movie?', 'What happened to him?', 'How many times was he punctured?', 'What type of weapon was it?', 'How long did the attack last?', 'How many people were hurt?', 'Why did Knox get involved?', 'Where did he pass away?', 'What famous actor attended his funeral?', 'Who committed this murder?', 'Where did he attack them?', 'Was it during winter?'] | {'answers': ['Rob Knox', 'stabbed and murdered', 'five', 'kitchen knives', 'less than two minutes', 'five', 'he heard that Bishop had threatened his younger brother Jamie', 'the hospital', 'Rupert Grint', 'Karl Bishop, 22', 'outside a bar', 'No'], 'answers_start': [110, 286, 620, 326, 395, 269, 535, 663, 1104, 269, 341, 385], 'answers_end': [172, 445, 638, 341, 444, 316, 597, 701, 1161, 444, 384, 394]} |
3nkqq8o39y57ksfc83wyt4d8vcbduj | Mariupol, Ukraine (CNN)Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko declared a ceasefire went into effect at midnight Saturday local time (5 p.m. ET) between the Ukrainian military and pro-Russian militants in the nation's east.
The separatist Donetsk People's Republic also announced the ceasefire.
But an apparent violation was reported less than 90 minutes after the ceasefire began when Ukraine's Anti-Terrorist Operation Command reported that a military post near Zolote in the Luhansk region has been shelled by mortars.
As a positive sign, CNN reporters in Ukraine reported the shelling quieted shortly after midnight.
The peace agreement signed in Minsk, Belarus, several days ago comes with many questions over how it will be implemented and whether it will stick. Mistrust is high on both sides, adding to the doubts.
The town of Debaltseve, a strategically located railroad hub in the east, is shaping up as a crucial piece of the ceasefire.
In his speech announcing the ceasefire, Poroshenko said Ukrainian troops control the town and warned militants to stay away.
"I think the fact of using the tense situation on the outskirts of Debaltseve by militants-terrorists-mercenaries poses a great threat, which can violate the ceasefire regime," Poroshenko said. "I am warning all participants of the Minsk negotiations, including the Russian Federation, which identifies itself as the guarantor of the reached agreements."
CNN's Nick Paton Walsh, reporting from the eastern town of Donetsk, said separatists claim to have encircled Debaltseve.
"Debaltseve will be a vital flashpoint for the hours ahead," he said.
Poroshenko has warned that if the separatists do not abide by the ceasefire, he will impose martial law throughout Ukraine's territory, his spokesman Andrey Zhigulin told CNN. | ['Where was peace agreement signed?', 'How long ago?'] | {'answers': ['Minsk, Belarus', 'several days ago'], 'answers_start': [654, 670], 'answers_end': [668, 686]} |
33f859i566d909b8u8ytfz0iykohb8 | CHAPTER IX
The opportunity for an explanation between Jacob and his fellow speculators speedily presented itself. Amongst his letters, on the following morning, Jacob found a somewhat pompous little note from Dane Montague, inviting him to lunch at the Milan at half-past one. Littleham, supremely uncomfortable in a new suit of clothes, was the other guest, and champagne was served before the three men had well taken their places.
"A celebration, eh?" Jacob observed, as he bowed to his two hosts.
Mr. Montague cleared his throat.
"Our meeting might almost be considered in that light," he admitted. "Yesterday afternoon we sold the last plot of land on the Cropstone Wood Estate."
"Capital!" Jacob exclaimed. "Full price?"
"Sixpence a yard over."
Jacob nodded approval.
"By the bye," he said, "I see that the Water Company is getting on very well with its connections. They must have several hundred men at work there."
Mr. Montague appeared a little startled.
"Well, well! At any rate we shall be able to keep our word. Electric light and water will be ready for every house as it is built."
"That reminds me of a question I was going to ask you," Jacob went on. "What price are we going to charge for the electric light?"
"What price?" Montague murmured, balancing a knife upon his forefinger and watching it meditatively.
"The Company'll have to fix that amongst themselves," Littleham declared brusquely.
"One or two of the people who've bought plots have made enquiries," Jacob continued, without noticing the last speaker. "I think they've begun to realise that they're pretty well at our mercy--or rather at the mercy of the Company." | ['Who was invited to lunch', 'by who', 'where', 'at what time', 'who else was coming', 'what did they receive before sitting down', 'were they celebrating something', 'what was it', 'for how much', 'what company is mentioned next', 'how many men work there', 'what "word" do they try to keep', 'about what', 'do they know how much will be charged for this', 'who gets to decide that', 'What is Montague balancing', 'Did Jacob ignore Littlehams previous statement', 'How many people have enquired about the utilities'] | {'answers': ['Jacob', 'Dane Montague', 'at the Milan', 'at half-past one', 'Littleham', 'champagne', 'yes', 'selling the last plot of land on the Cropstone Wood Estate', 'Sixpence a yard over full price', 'the Water Company', 'several hundred', 'their word', 'electric light and water will be ready for every house as it is built', 'no', 'the Water Company', 'a knife', 'yes', 'one or two'], 'answers_start': [163, 162, 163, 163, 279, 360, 438, 542, 695, 790, 889, 985, 997, 1355, 1252, 1252, 1441, 1441], 'answers_end': [247, 247, 260, 277, 361, 436, 611, 693, 763, 843, 940, 1045, 1117, 1439, 1440, 1322, 1561, 1509]} |
37fmassaycr9w4ms0qgefb1xyshbiz | Zionism ( "Tsiyyonut" after "Zion") is the national movement of the Jewish people that supports the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel (roughly corresponding to Canaan, the Holy Land, or the region of Palestine). Modern Zionism emerged in the late 19th century in Central and Eastern Europe as a national revival movement, in reaction to anti-Semitic and exclusionary nationalist movements in Europe. Soon after this, most leaders of the movement associated the main goal with creating the desired state in Palestine, then an area controlled by the Ottoman Empire.
Until 1948, the primary goals of Zionism were the re-establishment of Jewish sovereignty in the Land of Israel, ingathering of the exiles, and liberation of Jews from the antisemitic discrimination and persecution that they experienced during their diaspora. Since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948, Zionism continues primarily to advocate on behalf of Israel and to address threats to its continued existence and security.
A religious variety of Zionism supports Jews upholding their Jewish identity defined as adherence to religious Judaism, opposes the assimilation of Jews into other societies, and has advocated the return of Jews to Israel as a means for Jews to be a majority nation in their own state. A variety of Zionism, called cultural Zionism, founded and represented most prominently by Ahad Ha'am, fostered a secular vision of a Jewish "spiritual center" in Israel. Unlike Herzl, the founder of political Zionism, Ahad Ha'am strived for Israel to be "a Jewish state and not merely a state of Jews". | ['when did modern Zionism emerge?', 'where?', 'was it established as a reaction to something?', 'what?', "what was it's objective?", 'for who?', 'is the location of the state mentioned?', 'where is it?', 'does that correspond to anything else?', 'what?', 'does it have a historical name?', 'what?', 'did the objective of the movement ever shift?', 'when?', 'why?', 'what are the new objectives?', 'anything else?', 'what?'] | {'answers': ['in the late 19th century', 'in Central and Eastern Europe', 'yes', 'to anti-Semitic movements', 'to create the desired state', 'Jews', 'yes', 'in Palestine', 'yes', 'to Canaan,', 'yes', 'Land of Israel', 'yes', 'in 1948', 'State of Israel was established', 'to advocate on behalf of Israel', 'yes', 'to address threats to its continued existence and security'], 'answers_start': [272, 319, 382, 382, 516, 675, 547, 562, 577, 194, 228, 170, 885, 885, 885, 969, 1001, 1004], 'answers_end': [319, 349, 458, 458, 576, 714, 575, 575, 624, 227, 241, 193, 1066, 941, 940, 1000, 1064, 1063]} |
3eg49x351uc0gnus3lz7752k8846xb | (CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said he is ready to make the big-money fight with newly crowned WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao happen.
After victory in Las Vegas over Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto on Saturday, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach said the "whole world" now wanted to see a fight with Mayweather.
Reacting to the proposition the undefeated 32-year-old, who formerly held the WBC title at welterweight, told British broadcaster Sky Sports: "If he wants to fight Floyd Mayweather all he has to do is step up to the plate."
The twice-voted Ring magazine fighter of the year added that he felt Pacquiao's approach was one-dimensional but the Filipino would be a favorite with the crowd.
"The thing is with Pacquaio I don't see any versatility as a fighter; he's a good puncher but just one-dimensional. Is Pacquiao the greatest?
"The world's going to go 'wow' if Floyd Mayweather gets beaten. That's what everyone is looking to see.
"If I beat Manny Pacquaio do you know what they are going to say? 'You are supposed to beat him, you are Floyd Mayweather, you are the bigger man'. If I knock him out they'll say 'you're supposed to knock him out he's been knocked out before'.
"I'm in a no-win situation and when I beat him no one is going to be surprised because he's been beaten before; whatever I do to Pacquaio has been done before - he's been beaten on three occasions. And if I knock him out I don't want the world shouting because he's been knocked out twice before." | ["who is Pacquiao's trainer?", 'what does Floyd think about his situation?', 'who is the world champ?', 'who did he recently defeat?', 'where is he from?', 'where did they fight', 'according to Freddie Roach, who wants to see pacquiao fight mayweather?', 'does Mayweather think people will be surprised if he wins?', 'how many times has Pacquiao been knocked out?', 'how old is Mayweather?', 'has he ever lost?', 'what title did he used to have?', 'at what weight?'] | {'answers': ['Freddie Roach', 'he is ready', 'Manny Pacquiao', 'Miguel Cotto', 'Puerto Rico', 'Las Vegas', 'the "whole world"', 'No', 'twice before', '32', 'No', 'WBC', 'welterweight'], 'answers_start': [227, 9, 90, 155, 187, 155, 227, 1214, 1412, 328, 355, 328, 406], 'answers_end': [259, 51, 153, 326, 213, 213, 326, 1292, 1511, 382, 383, 416, 431]} |
39k0fnd3ahfq9d7rfreacto8xevamo | On a Saturday morning earlier this September, the world got its first look at the Strati. This electric vehicle is unlike any other currently on the road. It rolls on four wheels, but its body and chassis weren't built in a factory. Instead, Strati's designers used a technology called 3-D printing. It created those parts of the car in one piece, from the ground up. "Compared to a typical vehicle on the road, the Strati definitely looks different," says Greg Schroeder, a senior research engineer at the Center for Automotive Research in Ann Arbor, Mich. He did not work on the new car. His organization studies trends and changes in the auto industry. It took 44 hours to print the new car at the International Manufacturing Technology Show in Chicago. Over the next few days, the car's designers installed additional parts. These included the car's engine, brakes and tires. Then, early on September 13, Jay Rogers climbed into the car, started its engine and drove the vehicle onto the street. Rogers helped found Local Motors. It's the Arizona-based company behind the Strati. Two weeks later, his team printed a second Strati, and just as fast, at a fair in New York City. Justin Fishkin, a local Motors official, sees the Strati as a window into the future. Today, car buyers are limited in their choice of a vehicle. They can order only what car companies have already designed. But in the future, he says, you may be able to design your own car online and then get it printed to order. Manufacturing experts say 3-D printing has begun to revolutionize how they make things. The technology has been around for decades. But these machines used to be so expensive that only large companies could afford them. In the last few years, though, that has changed. Many of the machines are now inexpensive enough for small companies--or even individuals --to own. Some local libraries make them available to the public. High Schools are beginning to use them in classrooms. Wide access to these printers means people can now design and print a wide variety of new things. The car's printer is a one-of-a-kind device. The technology behind the 3-D printer used in Chicago is an example of additive manufacturing. This process builds solid objects, slice by slice, from the bottom up. ("Strati" means layers, in Italian.) A mechanical arm moves a _ from one side to another, back and forth. As it moves, the nozzle deposits a liquid--often melted plastic or metal (but it could be food, concrete or even cells) --that quickly hardens or bonds to become solid or semi-solid. This creates a single, thin layer. Once a layer is complete, the printer starts depositing the next one. "There's a lot of interest in 3-D printing in the auto industry," says Schroeder. Right now, the technology is particularly useful for building models of cars or car parts. To compete with current auto manufacturers, the 3-D printer would have to increase in a hurry, Schroeder says. By contrast, he notes, a Ford F-150 pickup truck rolls off an assembly line at a rate of roughly one per minute. To print as many Stratis would require many more printers. Schroeder says he doesn't see 3-D printing soon taking over for such high-volume manufacturing. But, he adds, "Who knows what will happen in the long term?" Scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee designed the 3-D printer used in Chicago. Lonnie Love, a research scientist at the lab, led the effort. Additive manufacturing often is slow and expensive. It also may produce materials that are unreliable, Love says. So for two years, his team searched for ways to make 3-D printing better. They built new machines and tested them over and over. All of that work paid off: their new machine is fast and uses less expensive material than earlier printers. In addition, it prints a plastic embedded with fibers of carbon to produce a stronger material. This helps ensure the material won't crack or break under pressure. | ['What did the world get a glimpse of on Saturday?', 'What does it roll on?', 'What parts were not factory built?', "What's Shroeder's opinion about it?", "What's his position?", 'Where at?', 'What happened on September 13th?', 'What did he help create?', "Where's the company based?", 'Where will you be able to design a car in the future?'] | {'answers': ['the Strati', 'wheels', 'its body and chassis', 'the Strati definitely looks different', 'senior research engineer', 'the Center for Automotive Research', 'Jay Rogers climbed into the car', 'Local Motors', 'Arizona', 'you may be able to design your own car online'], 'answers_start': [46, 155, 183, 411, 457, 503, 909, 1000, 1033, 1417], 'answers_end': [88, 179, 231, 470, 500, 537, 940, 1032, 1065, 1463]} |
3mrnmeiqw56412sizp4x2hhph6fldz | (CNN) -- MS Dhoni continued his winning streak after guiding the Chennai Super Kings to a nail biting victory over Kolkata Knight Riders in the opening clash of the Indian Premier League.
The seven week 20-over tournament offers yet more action for the cricket-loving Indian public after Dhoni led them to a World Cup triumph on home soil less than a week ago.
And he masterminded an opening win in Chennai as Kolkata failed to record the four runs they need off the final delivery of the match to lose by two runs.
Batting first, Chennai made 153-4 off their 20 overs. Srikkanth Anirudha got them off to a fast start as he smashed 64 off just 55 deliveries.
Indian pair Suresh Raini and Dhoni then added valuable runs at the end of the innings, finishing with 33 and 29 respectively, as the Super Kings posted a challenging total.
An opening stand of 64 between Manvinder Bisla and South African Jacques Kallis looked to have put Kolkata in the driving seat but when Kallis went for 54 their innings faltered.
English batsman Eoin Morgan was stumped for just six runs but Manoj Tiwary got Kolkata back on track with a quick fire 27 runs, including two sixes, before he was stumped by Dhoni off the bowling of Randiv.
The Knight Riders needed nine runs from the final over but lost Laxmi Shukla off the second ball. Rajat Bhatia was charged with hitting a boundary off the final ball to win but Kolkata could only manage a leg bye. | ['What is the name of the league?', 'what sport is it?', 'Who batted first?', 'Who are the two Indians that made runs?', 'Who is the English batsman?', 'Who needed 9 more runs?', 'Who hit a boundary?', 'Who got a leg bye?', 'What did Chennaiu make?', 'How long is the tournament?'] | {'answers': ['Indian Premier League', 'cricket', 'Chennai', 'Raini and Dhoni', 'Eoin Morgan', 'The Knight Riders', 'Rajat Bhatia', 'Kolkata', '153-4', 'Seven weeks'], 'answers_start': [165, 255, 537, 679, 1039, 1232, 1330, 1409, 550, 190], 'answers_end': [186, 262, 545, 701, 1050, 1267, 1378, 1416, 574, 224]} |
3snlul3wo4nqi434lkumchld4dhluv | Country singer and songwriter Adrienne Young brings together music and agricultural activities.She even included seeds in the album cover of her first CD.
Adrienne Young wants people to know that she supports the movement in America to increase local farming.She offers information about agricultural issues on her Web site.And now part of the moneyfrom her third and newest release, "Room to Grow",will be donated to help support community gardens.
Adrienne Young's family has lived in Florida for seven generations.Her ancestors helped develop the agriculture industry there.The state of Florida is the nation's second largest producer of fruits and vegetables, 'after California.
Adrienne Young has said that her interest in nature was shaped by the fact that she did not grow up on a farm.She grew up in a house her grandfather build on what had been farmland two generations ago.But the land was developed and was now part of a highway.
Adrienne Young has teamed up with two organizations that support local farming and gardening efforts.One is the American Community Gardening Association.The other is FoodRoutes,a group she has represented for several years.
FoodRoutes says buying locally grown food is not only about taste and freshness.The group says buying locally also helps to strengthen local economies and protect the environment.Exports say food in the United States travels all average of more than three thousand kilometers from farm to store. | ['where did she grow up?', 'did she grow up on a farm?', 'what information does she have on her site?', 'who built the house?', 'what will the money from her album go towards?', 'how long ago was the house built?', 'what was on her album?', 'how far does food travel?', 'who does she support?', 'which organizations?', 'how does buying local help?', 'what did her ancestors do?', 'what is the name of the latest album?', 'how long has her family lived there?', 'is Florida the largest producer?', 'who is?', 'what is produced?', 'what happened to the land?', 'how long has she been with foodroutes?', 'what does she want people to know?'] | {'answers': ['FLorida', 'no', 'agricultural issues', 'her grandfather', 'community gardens', 'two generations ago', 'seeds', 'average of 3000 km', 'increasing local farming', 'American Community Gardening Association and FoodRoutes', 'strengthens local economies and protects the environment', "developed Florida's agricultural industry", '"Room to Grow"', 'seven generations', 'no', 'California', 'fruits and vegetables', 'developed into a highway', 'several years', 'she supports local farming'], 'answers_start': [454, 689, 261, 798, 334, 799, 95, 1367, 157, 950, 1256, 521, 355, 454, 581, 581, 581, 890, 1103, 157], 'answers_end': [520, 799, 325, 843, 453, 889, 155, 1470, 261, 1174, 1354, 581, 400, 521, 686, 687, 688, 948, 1174, 260]} |
3cfvk00fwll5gtd3p2wjwb7x1xc6l3 | CHAPTER V
OFF FOR WOODCRAFT
Edward Muldoon, otherwise Sparrer, surreptitiously pinched himself to make sure that he was not dreaming. He, newsboy from the lower East Side of New York, who had never been farther from it than Coney Island, riding in a brilliantly lighted Pullman coach on his way into the great woods of which he had dreamed so much since he became a Scout, and of which he had only the vaguest idea! It couldn't be.
And yet it was. The roar of the wheels told him that it was. The very feel of the luxurious seat in which he was sitting told him that it was. And to clinch the fact and at the same time make it harder to believe there were his three companions, Upton, his patrol leader, Harrison and Pat Malone, whom he had secretly made his hero. Yes, it was all true, and yet he couldn't get rid of the idea that sooner or later he would wake up and find it all a beautiful dream.
The fact is, this trip was in the nature of a Christmas present. From their first meeting Pat had taken a great fancy to the street gamin. He recognized a kindred spirit. Instinctively he realized that the difference between Sparrer and himself at the same age was mainly one of environment. The youngster's sturdy independence and self-reliance, his quick wit, even his impudence, struck responsive chords in the young woodsman. Sparrer was what he himself would have been had his nursery been a New York East Side tenement instead of the log cabin of a mill settlement in the lumber district of the North Woods. | ['Who is Sparrer', 'What did he do?', 'Why?', 'Where did he live?', 'What part?', 'What did he do to make money', 'Who was his secret hero?', 'Where was he going?', 'What was this trip?', 'From who?', 'Why?', 'Where was his nursery?', 'where?', 'in what district?', 'where?', 'What kind of coach were they in?', 'Who was with them also?', 'What were their names?', 'Who was Upton?', 'What is farthest Sparrer had gone before?'] | {'answers': ['Edward Muldoon', 'pinched himself', 'to make sure that he was not dreaming', 'New York', 'the lower East Side', 'He was a newsboy', 'Pat Malone', 'into the great woods', 'a Christmas present', 'Pat', 'Pat had taken a great fancy to him.', 'a log cabin', 'a mill settlement', 'the lumber district', 'the North Woods', 'a Pullman coach', 'his three companions', 'Upton, Harrison, and Pat', 'his patrol leader', 'Coney Island'], 'answers_start': [32, 58, 83, 150, 155, 138, 723, 288, 921, 954, 998, 1440, 1444, 1461, 1482, 274, 651, 684, 684, 196], 'answers_end': [66, 98, 136, 186, 186, 149, 770, 319, 971, 1001, 1045, 1457, 1478, 1501, 1520, 287, 682, 733, 708, 240]} |
33l7pjkhcgyg3k4wrqv82gd51188t6 | (CNN) -- A court in Fulton County, Georgia, has temporarily stopped the scheduled Monday night execution of condemned murderer Warren Hill.
Hill was sentenced to death for the 1990 killing of Joseph Handspike, another inmate in a Georgia state prison.
He was convicted of beating Handspike to death with a nail-studded board while serving a life sentence in the 1985 killing of his girlfriend, Myra Wright. His lawyers have argued that Hill is mentally retarded.
Last minute stay of execution granted in February
"Today, the Court found that more time is needed to explore Mr. Hill's complaint, which raises serious concerns about the extreme secrecy surrounding the execution process in Georgia, and the new Lethal Injection Secrecy Act, which took effect one day before Georgia issued a death warrant for Mr. Hill," Brian Kammer, Hill's attorney said in a statement.
Monday is not the first time Hill's execution has been halted.
He had previously been scheduled to die last July, but the state Supreme Court stopped the execution on procedural grounds. Hill was granted another stay in February.
According to Kammer, a briefing on Hill's complaint will take place Thursday. A new execution date is expected to be set for the same day, he said.
"Ultimately, we are hopeful that the United States Supreme Court will hear Mr. Hill's pending Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, and will have the opportunity to consider the important new evidence in this case, that there is unanimous consensus among all the doctors who have examined Mr. Hill, including three who previously testified for the state, that he is a person with mental retardation, and thus ineligible for the death penalty," said Kammer. | ['What was supposed to happen on Monday night?', 'Why was he scheduled to be killed?', 'Who did he kill?', 'Who was that?', 'Where?', 'Why was he incarcerated?', 'How did he kill the other prisoner?', 'Was there a weapon involved?', 'What was it?', 'Was there something wrong with this man?', 'What?', 'Can a man with that issue be executed?', 'Has his punishment been put off before?', 'Who is trying to help this man?', 'What concern is being raised about the new law put out around this time?', 'When was his first day of punishment?', 'What stood in the way of it being carried out?', 'When did the postponement end?', "What is this man's representitive hopeing to accomplish?"] | {'answers': ['execution', 'killing someone', 'Joseph Handspike', 'another inmate', 'Georgia state prison.', 'killing his girlfriend', 'beating to death', 'Yes', 'a nail-studded board', 'Yes', 'mental retardation', 'No', 'Yes', 'Brian Kammer', 'secrecy', 'July', 'state Supreme Court', 'Monday night', 'consider the important new evidence in this case'], 'answers_start': [9, 142, 142, 212, 142, 256, 256, 310, 308, 411, 1550, 1550, 879, 826, 603, 944, 995, 0, 1263], 'answers_end': [140, 210, 210, 254, 254, 397, 329, 328, 328, 467, 1718, 1718, 942, 855, 746, 993, 1067, 140, 1474]} |
30zx6p7vf8vb3262zf83qjdtgpaj29 | Kelly Christopher, a student at Lutheran High School in California, US, loves oranges. One day last week, she used a pole to pick oranges off trees and collect them in baskets. It's the first time in her 15 years she's picked fruit from trees. "This is quite different from buying oranges in the supermarket," said Christopher. "Every time I eat an orange, I'll remember this experience." Christopher was one of the 30 student volunteers at Soil Born Farms. She volunteered as part of a project which was set up in 2009 to help homeowners in South Land Park pick oranges and other fruits out of their backyards. Before, the fruit would rot on the ground or get eaten by animals. Now the fruit is donated to those who need it. "It is good for many people", said Randy Stannard, who works for the project. "The homeowner gets fruit picked and more people can have healthy food." "Two harvests ( ) were organized in 2009 and volunteers picked 3,000 pounds (1,360kg) of fruit", Stannard said. In 2010, the number was 20,000. This year, Soil Born Farms hopes to get 40,000 pounds. They will harvest every weekend from January to April. Shannon Galloway, Christopher's science teacher, brought her students into the project this year. "You're making use of a _ that might be wasted," she said. "I think it's meaningful to everyone." Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder and gets on the top of the tree. "Standing on the treetop is pretty cool," Frazier said. "I can see clearly that many baskets are filled up, and even see that many people are eating healthy fruit because of our volunteer work." | ['Did Kelly pick apples?', 'Has she done it before?', 'Where did students volunteer?', 'How many volunteered?', 'How many pounds were harvested in 2009?', 'What about 2010?', 'Will they harvest in September this year?', 'When will they?', 'Does Donato get on top of a house?', 'What can he see from there?', 'Are they trying to harvest 30,000 pounds this year?', 'How many pounds are they thinking of?', 'How did the students learn about the project?', 'Does Donato think the treetop is frightening?', 'What does he think about it?', 'Who gets the fruit after it is harvested?', 'What school do the students attend?', 'Where is that?', 'What happens to fruit on the ground?', 'Who is Shannon Galloway?'] | {'answers': ['she used a pole to pick oranges off trees and collect', 'yes', 'Soil Born Farms.', '30', '3000', '20,000', 'no', 'Every weekend from January to April.', 'Donato Frazier, 15, always climbs up a ladder and gets on the top of the tree.', 'baskets filling up', 'no', '40,000 pounds.', 'their teacher', 'no', 'iy', 'those who need it.', 'Lutheran High School', 'California', 'the fruit is donated to those who need it.', "Christopher's science teacher"], 'answers_start': [105, 177, 416, 415, 877, 989, 1076, 1076, 1327, 1461, 1021, 1021, 1131, 1327, 1326, 678, 0, 0, 612, 1131], 'answers_end': [159, 242, 458, 437, 988, 1019, 1130, 1130, 1405, 1600, 1075, 1075, 1228, 1448, 1446, 725, 68, 66, 725, 1228]} |
3di28l7yxaew312e2axyokqwjene1v | CHAPTER XVI. AUGURIES.
Venus, thy eternal sway All the race of man obey. EURIPIDES (Anstice).
Aurelia sat up late to finish her despatches to the beloved ones at home, and pack the little works she had been able to do for each, though my Lady's embroidery took up most of her sedentary hours. Mrs. Dove undertook the care of the guinea's worth of presents to the little sisters from Sir Amyas, which the prudent nurse advised her to withhold till after Master Archer was gone, as he would certainly break everything to pieces. He was up betimes, careering about the garden with all his sisters after him, imperiously ordering them about, but nevertheless bewitching them all, so that Amoretta was in ecstasies at her own preferment, scarcely realising that it would divide her from the others; while Letty made sure that she should soon follow, and Fidelia gravely said, "I shall always know you are loving me still, Amy, as Nurse Rolfe does."
Lady Belamour breakfasted in her own room at about ten o'clock. Her woman, Mrs. Loveday, a small trim active person, with the worn and sharpened remains of considerable prettiness of the miniature brunette style, was sent to summon Miss Delavie to her apartment and inspect the embroidery she had been desired to execute for my Lady. Three or four bouquets had been finished, and the maid went into such raptures over them as somewhat to disgust their worker, who knew that they were not half so well done as they would have been under Betty's direction. However, Mrs. Loveday bore the frame to her Ladyship's room, following Aurelia, who was there received with the same stately caressing manner as before. | ['Who sat up late to finish her desppatches', 'What did Mrs. Dove do?', 'was did she advise that she withhold till after Master Archer was gone', 'Where did Lady Belamour have breakfast', 'What time was this', 'How is Mrs. Loveday described?', 'what was she sent to do', 'What chapter is this article from', 'What did Aurelia stay up to do?', 'How many bouquets were finished'] | {'answers': ['Aurelia', 'undertook the care', 'presents', 'in her own room', "about ten o'clock", 'small trim active person', 'summon Miss Delavie', 'XVI', 'finish her despatches', 'Three or four'], 'answers_start': [98, 307, 351, 975, 995, 1041, 1175, 8, 121, 1284], 'answers_end': [142, 381, 381, 991, 1012, 1065, 1194, 11, 142, 1298]} |
3luy3gc63z0ebe6604uij6gd0497pk | Walter owns three Italian restaurants which are running very well in Rhode Island in America. Every day his restaurants welcome crowds of customers all over the world. He studied to be a cook, but he sees now that his success is the result of a lifetime education. When he opened his first restaurant, all of a sudden his schooling knowledge , the history of his family and his ethics of his father _ . It made him a person who studied and explored the secrets in the food business. Walter's learning never stops. He says " The food business is one where you need to stay on top. Cooks should be trained. You have to keep on studying or you will be left behind." So he spent more time in reading. Every time he gets new ideas from the book, he brings them into his work. Walter also has a clear understanding about success. That is he would like to be remembered as a person who is creative, who believes in the Italian cooking culture in America. Food is like a bridge connecting to the past, to the family and to the country. He says "Success to me is not how much money I make, but if at the end of the day I am able to make fifteen or twenty customers happy, I'm a happy man." | ["From Where did the customers come to Walter's restaurant?", 'Where was the restaurant located?', 'Was that in Italy?', 'What knowledge does Walter have to establish a restaurant', 'What other knowledge did he have in food?', 'Did he ever stop to learn?', 'Did he have any family support on learning?', 'Where did he get new ideas from?'] | {'answers': ['all over the world', 'Rhode Island', 'no', 'He studied to be a cook', 'He studied the food business', 'No', 'yes', 'From reading books'], 'answers_start': [94, 0, 82, 168, 403, 605, 344, 697], 'answers_end': [168, 93, 93, 191, 482, 662, 398, 739]} |
37qw5d2zrgmfokrh2qqisbhjzc28sd | Groups that emerged from the American psychedelic scene about the same time included Iron Butterfly, MC5, Blue Cheer and Vanilla Fudge. San Francisco band Blue Cheer released a crude and distorted cover of Eddie Cochran's classic "Summertime Blues", from their 1968 debut album Vincebus Eruptum, that outlined much of the later hard rock and heavy metal sound. The same month, Steppenwolf released its self-titled debut album, including "Born to Be Wild", which contained the first lyrical reference to heavy metal and helped popularise the style when it was used in the film Easy Rider (1969). Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida (1968), with its 17-minute-long title track, using organs and with a lengthy drum solo, also prefigured later elements of the sound.
From outside the United Kingdom and the United States, the Canadian trio Rush released three distinctively hard rock albums in 1974–75 (Rush, Fly by Night and Caress of Steel) before moving toward a more progressive sound with the 1976 album 2112. The Irish band Thin Lizzy, which had formed in the late 1960s, made their most substantial commercial breakthrough in 1976 with the hard rock album Jailbreak and their worldwide hit "The Boys Are Back in Town", which reached number 8 in the UK and number 12 in the US. Their style, consisting of two duelling guitarists often playing leads in harmony, proved itself to be a large influence on later bands. They reached their commercial, and arguably their artistic peak with Black Rose: A Rock Legend (1979). The arrival of Scorpions from Germany marked the geographical expansion of the subgenre. Australian-formed AC/DC, with a stripped back, riff heavy and abrasive style that also appealed to the punk generation, began to gain international attention from 1976, culminating in the release of their multi-platinum albums Let There Be Rock (1977) and Highway to Hell (1979). Also influenced by a punk ethos were heavy metal bands like Motörhead, while Judas Priest abandoned the remaining elements of the blues in their music, further differentiating the hard rock and heavy metal styles and helping to create the New Wave of British Heavy Metal which was pursued by bands like Iron Maiden, Saxon and Venom. | ['how many Groups that emerged ?', 'what did blue cheer release ?', 'of what ?', 'whats is the name ?', 'was in in 1970 ?', 'what is the year ?', 'what is the ablum name ?', 'what did he release in the same month ?', 'who released it ?', 'what movie was it in ?', 'in 1970 ?', 'in what year ?', 'what was 17 mins long ?', 'in what year ?', 'what did it prefigured ?', 'how many alubums did the Canadian trio Rush put out ?', 'who gain international attention from 1976 ?', 'what was released in 1979 ?', 'who abandoned blues ?', 'when did lizzy form ?'] | {'answers': ['Four', 'crude and distorted cover', "Eddie Cochran's classic", 'Summertime Blues', 'no', '1968', 'Vincebus Eruptum', 'Born to Be Wild', 'Steppenwolf', 'Easy Ride', 'no', '1969', "Iron Butterfly's In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida", '1968', 'later elements of the sound', 'three', 'AC/DC', 'Highway to Hell', 'Judas Priest', 'late 1960s'], 'answers_start': [85, 177, 206, 231, 261, 261, 278, 438, 377, 576, 588, 588, 595, 632, 735, 853, 1630, 1868, 1969, 1064], 'answers_end': [164, 202, 229, 247, 265, 265, 294, 453, 388, 585, 592, 592, 630, 636, 762, 858, 1635, 1883, 1981, 1075]} |
3pdjhanyk5g3uxudyhhl4jeqj4qh65 | CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
LAURIE MAKES MISCHIEF, AND JO MAKES PEACE
Jo's face was a study next day, for the secret rather weighed upon her, and she found it hard not to look mysterious and important. Meg observed it, but did not trouble herself to make inquiries, for she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries, so she felt sure of being told everything if she did not ask. She was rather surprised, therefore, when the silence remained unbroken, and Jo assumed a patronizing air, which decidedly aggravated Meg, who in turn assumed an air of dignified reserve and devoted herself to her mother. This left Jo to her own devices, for Mrs. March had taken her place as nurse, and bade her rest, exercise, and amuse herself after her long confinement. Amy being gone, Laurie was her only refuge, and much as she enjoyed his society, she rather dreaded him just then, for he was an incorrigible tease, and she feared he would coax the secret from her.
She was quite right, for the mischief-loving lad no sooner suspected a mystery than he set himself to find it out, and led Jo a trying life of it. He wheedled, bribed, ridiculed, threatened, and scolded; affected indifference, that he might surprise the truth from her; declared he knew, then that he didn't care; and at last, by dint of perseverance, he satisfied himself that it concerned Meg and Mr. Brooke. Feeling indignant that he was not taken into his tutor's confidence, he set his wits to work to devise some proper retaliation for the slight. | ['Who was a troublemaker?', "Who was afraid that he'd find out something from her?", 'What were some of his methods for doing so?', 'What did Meg devote herself to?', 'What effect did this have on Jo?', 'Did she feel at ease keeping a secret?', 'What did she have trouble doing because of it?', 'Did someone notice this?', 'Did she ask her about it?', 'Why not?', 'Did her plan to get the secret out of Jo work?', 'Who replaced Jo as nurse?', 'What did Laurie start planning to do?'] | {'answers': ['Laurie', 'Jo', 'He wheedled, bribed, ridiculed, threatened, and scolded.', 'Her mother', 'It left her to her own devices', 'No', 'she found it hard not to look mysterious and important', 'Meg', 'no', 'she had learned that the best way to manage Jo was by the law of contraries', 'no', 'Mrs. March', 'he set his wits to work to devise some proper retaliation for the slight'], 'answers_start': [794, 795, 1127, 594, 626, 105, 141, 197, 218, 265, 404, 663, 1460], 'answers_end': [802, 978, 1183, 624, 657, 135, 195, 213, 260, 340, 475, 703, 1532]} |
3r9wasfe2zgl4bni5wqwywv88rufzc | Joseph really felt very happy. When he arrived at his seat in the classroom that morning, he found an invitation on his desk. It was from several of his classmates asking him to join them on a camping trip. This was the first time he was asked to join in an out-of school activity. Why were they asking him now? Nobody seemed to like him. In fact, he had been so lonely _ . As a result, he had put on a lot of weight, and this gave the kids something more to make fun of him. Celina, who was standing near Joseph when he read the invitation, went out quickly to tell the others that the trick had worked. Everyone was pleased that Joseph thought that was true. But there was no camping trip. The whole thing was made up. At first, Celina thought it was fun. But later, when Joseph told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag with his savings, Celina had a second idea. She knew that Joseph's family had little money, and she hated to see him spend his savings on something he would never use. Celina also hated to tell Joseph the truth. Her close friends would be angry with her. What could she do now? | ['What was on the desk?', 'From whom?', 'Did his family have a lot of money?', 'Where was he invited to go?', 'Did they usually ask him to go places?', 'Was he well liked?', 'Was the invite real?', 'Did Celina think it was funny?', 'When did she think it was no longer fun?', 'Was Joseph lonely?', 'Who was standing near when he got to his desk?', 'Where did she go?', 'Why?'] | {'answers': ['An invitation.', 'Several of his classmates.', 'No.', 'On a camping trip.', 'No.', 'No.', 'No.', 'At first.', 'Joseph told her that he was going to buy a sleeping bag.', 'Yes.', 'Celina.', 'Out.', 'To tell them that the trick had worked.'], 'answers_start': [91, 126, 874, 126, 207, 312, 605, 721, 774, 339, 475, 542, 476], 'answers_end': [125, 163, 965, 206, 311, 338, 692, 757, 847, 370, 542, 605, 605]} |
3a9aa95atwmzoasncbfllm2ha615p7 | "Food in France is still primarily about pleasure,"says Mark Singer, technical director of cuisine at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris."Cooking and eating are both pastimes and pleasure."The French might start their day with bread, butter, jam, and perhaps something hot to drink -- it's a time of the day when the whole family can be united. Singer, born in Philadelphia, has lived in France for more than 40 years.
"Although things have changed greatly in the past 20 years when it comes to food in the country,"he says,"and what was a big affair with eating has been slowly softened up, there are still events in the year, like birthdays and New Year's Eve and Christmas Eve that are still really anchored in traditional food and cooking. But it's not every day."
Some people think French food life may be a performance, adds Jennifer Berg, director of graduate food studies at New York University."They want to believe that France is this nation where people are spending five hours a day going to 12 different markets to get their food. The reality is most croissants are factory-made, and most people are buying convenience food, except for the very small group of people in high society. But part of our identity relies on believing that myth."
In Italy, as in France, takeout is still ly rare."Eating fast is not at all part of our culture,"says Marco Bolasco, editorial director of Slow Food and an Italian food expert. Our meals are relaxed, even during a lunch break. Food in Italy is love, and nutrition, and pleasure, he says. An Italian child's first experience with food is not small round cakes or rice or eggs, but probably ice cream, notes Bolasco. Status and wealth play less of a role in food. | ['Contrary to reputation, how are most croissants made?', "Which group of people don't buy fast food?", "What's a French holiday that is still associated with traditional food?", 'Who is the technical director at Le Cordon Bleu?', 'What does he say French food is about?', 'Where was he born?', 'How long has he lived in France?', "What is Jennifer Berg's profession?", 'Who is the editorial director of Slow Food?', 'Does he feel like Italian meals are hurried?', "What does he say a child's first food might be?"] | {'answers': ['Most croissants are factory-made', 'Italians', "New Year's Eve", 'Mark Singer', 'Pleasure', 'Philadelphia', 'More than 40 years.', 'Director of graduate food studies', 'Marco Bolasco', 'No', 'Ice cream'], 'answers_start': [1037, 1249, 583, 56, 0, 334, 334, 824, 1350, 1351, 1537], 'answers_end': [1084, 1298, 759, 116, 67, 409, 407, 896, 1425, 1475, 1710]} |
30lb5cdzncau778s2e7bvp842qi0z8 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Satirical TV anchorman Stephen Colbert may not have a dog in this fight, but his name alone may have helped a Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix puppy beat a 6-year-old Cavalier King Charles spaniel.
Stephen Colbert el dos rips the prize away from Mozart in the weekly competition.
In the online doggie beauty pageant, the canine Steven Colbert el dos won the latest weekly semifinal, which enables him to compete for a $1 million grand prize.
Colbert el dos from Georgia beat Mozart, or MoMo as he's known to his family and friends in New Orleans, Louisiana, to win cutest dog of the week.
"While it certainly would have been a lot of fun for MoMo to win this past week, we're excited for Stephen Colbert el dos and his owners. What a fun and entertaining ride it's been so far." said piano teacher Cara McCool, MoMo's owner.
"We're just happy for the attention this has brought to our charities as well as others supported by so many cute dogs in this competition," McCool said.
Her charities included: Redeemer Presbyterian Disaster Relief, Desire Street Ministries, Louisiana Teachers Save Our Students fund, Cavalier Rescue USA, Musical Arts Society of New Orleans, the Louisiana SPCA, and Teach for America.
Colbert el dos' winnings are pledged to attract a stork to his owners' house. The owners, Bryan and his wife, Allyson, are newlyweds and are hoping to use the prize money for in vitro fertilization treatments to start a family. Colbert el dos' owners asked not to have their last names published to protect their privacy. | ['What does Colbert do for a living?', 'Does he have a dog in the fight?', 'How old was the spaniel?', 'Was McCool happy about something?', 'Would it have been fun for MoMo to win?', 'Who did Celbert el Dos beat?', 'Was Colbert el dos from the country Georgia?', 'Who has a charity named Teach for America?', "What type of bird did Colbert's winnings attract?", "Who is Bryan's wife?", 'Where did the beauty pageant take place?', 'Was it more frequent than yearly?', 'What kind of ride has it been so far?', 'What does Cara do for a living?', 'Does she own a horse?', 'What type of mix is the puppy Colbert?', 'What do Allyson and Bryan want to start?', 'Were there a lot of cute dogs in the competition?', 'How much was the grand prize worth?', "Did Colbert's owners want their names put out on social media?"] | {'answers': ['Satirical TV anchorman', 'maybe not', 'Six', 'happy for the attention', 'to win the cutest dog of the week.', 'Mozart', 'yes', 'McCool', 'stork', 'Allyson', 'online', 'yes', 'fun and entertaining', 'she is a piano teacher', 'no', 'Pomeranian-Chihuahua', 'a family', 'yes', '1 million', 'no'], 'answers_start': [20, 43, 168, 848, 576, 460, 460, 988, 1238, 1328, 296, 381, 747, 804, 846, 130, 1328, 935, 399, 1466], 'answers_end': [57, 91, 210, 1001, 607, 500, 498, 1236, 1315, 1356, 332, 398, 780, 830, 1002, 160, 1464, 985, 458, 1559]} |
3spj033421314nz9s0fyzneyv6ajyz | (CNN) -- Cristiano Ronaldo underlined just why Real Madrid agreed to pay him the big bucks on a scintillating evening of European football.
The 28-year-old, who inked a new five-year deal with the Spanish club on Sunday, completed a brilliant hat trick as Real raced to a 6-1 rout against Galatasaray.
Ronaldo had the final say in Istanbul as he danced past three defenders before blasting the ball into the net for his hat-trick.
Summer signing Isco had got Los Blancos off the mark when he picked up a long ball hit from beyond the halfway line by Angel di Maria and hit home after 33 minutes.
From then on it was one way traffic as Karim Benzema and Ronaldo added two goals apiece before Umut Bulut pulled one back for the Turkish champions.
The away victory saw the nine time European champions kick off a new era of European football under manager Carlo Ancelotti in some style.
A pulsating opening round of Champions League group matches featured a flurry of firsts.
Former Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola safely negotiated his first match in charge of Bayern Munich's title defence with an emphatic 3-0 win over CSKA Moscow.
David Alaba hit home a dipping free kick to set the Germans on their way before Mario Mandzukic powered in a header in a dominant first half.
Arjen Robben volleyed in a scooped pass from Alaba to tick off a first European win for Guardiola and his defending champions.
David Moyes also came through his first game as Manchester United manager unscathed as the club made its first European outing without Sir Alex Ferguson at the helm since 1985. | ['How old is Ronaldo?', 'What team does he play for?', 'What sport does he play?', 'Is that his job?', 'Do they pay him well?', 'How long is his contract?', 'When was is signed?', 'What country is the team from?', 'Who did Bayern Munich play?', 'Who won?', 'What was the score?', 'Who is running the team?'] | {'answers': ['28', 'Real Madrid', 'European football.', 'yes', 'yes', 'five years', 'on Sunday', 'Spain', 'CSKA Moscow.', 'Bayern Munich', '3-0', 'Pep Guardiola'], 'answers_start': [142, 47, 96, 9, 59, 163, 212, 190, 1070, 1023, 1100, 1009], 'answers_end': [157, 76, 141, 77, 90, 190, 221, 211, 1143, 1085, 1124, 1085]} |
3i0btbyzaxlu2hyn6s5shiz2xzo0yy | Formed in November 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, BSkyB became the UK's largest digital subscription television company. Following BSkyB's 2014 acquisition of Sky Italia and a majority 90.04% interest in Sky Deutschland in November 2014, its holding company British Sky Broadcasting Group plc changed its name to Sky plc. The United Kingdom operations also changed the company name from British Sky Broadcasting Limited to Sky UK Limited, still trading as Sky.
Following a lengthy legal battle with the European Commission, which deemed the exclusivity of the rights to be against the interests of competition and the consumer, BSkyB's monopoly came to an end from the 2007–08 season. In May 2006, the Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports was awarded two of the six Premier League packages that the English FA offered to broadcasters. Sky picked up the remaining four for £1.3bn. In February 2015, Sky bid £4.2bn for a package of 120 premier league games across the three seasons from 2016. This represented an increase of 70% on the previous contract and was said to be £1bn more than the company had expected to pay. The move has been followed by staff cuts, increased subscription prices (including 9% in Sky's family package) and the dropping of the 3D channel. | ['What did the United Kingdom operations change the the name of British Sky Broadcasting to?', "What became the UK's largest digital subscription television company?", 'In what year was that?', 'What happened in May, 2006?', 'How many remaining packages did Sky pick up?', 'In February of which year did Sky bid £4.2bn for a package of 120 premier league games?', 'How much of an increase, percentage wise, was this?', 'What was the move followed by?', 'Who did the company have a lengthy battle with?', 'What did it deem?', "What happened to BSkyB's monopoly?", 'From which season?', 'What percentage of Sky Deutschland did BSkyB acquire?', 'In November of what year?'] | {'answers': ['Sky UK Limited', 'BSkyB', '1990', 'Setanta Sports was awarded two of the six Premier League packages', 'four', '2015', '70%', 'staff cuts', 'European Commission', 'the exclusivity of the rights to be against the interests of competition and the consumer', 'It came to an end', '2007–08', '90.04%', '2014'], 'answers_start': [370, 98, 0, 735, 881, 925, 1037, 1165, 511, 549, 678, 678, 192, 179], 'answers_end': [485, 167, 23, 835, 913, 1001, 1072, 1205, 572, 676, 709, 733, 267, 284]} |
3duzq9u6smodzwnuaj1skp1ragusv5 | (CNN) -- A Florida death-row inmate convicted of abducting and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in 2005 has died, prison officials said Wednesday.
John Couey had been sentenced to death for killing 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford in Florida in 2005.
John Evander Couey, 51, died at 11:15 a.m. ET of natural causes, a Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman told CNN. He had been taken to a Jacksonville, Florida, hospital from Florida State Prison in Starke, Florida.
Because of privacy laws, no further information could be released by the Department of Corrections.
A source close to the case told CNN that Couey's death was not unexpected and he had been ill for some time.
"I never dreamed it would happen like this," Jessica's father, Mark Lunsford, told CNN. He said he never thought he would live long enough to see Couey put to death because of the lengthy appeals process.
He said he was sad when he heard the news of Couey's death. "To me, death is sad," he said. "But her death, Jessie's death, has been redeemed ... I'm relieved. I'm glad it's over with."
Couey was sentenced to die in August 2007 for abducting and raping Lunsford, then killing her by burying her alive. The girl was snatched from her bed in her family's Homosassa, Florida, home the evening of February 23, 2005, by Couey, a registered sex offender. Her body was found three weeks later, buried at the home of Couey's half-sister, who lived within sight of the Lunsford home.
The girl's body was wrapped in plastic garbage bags, and her hands were bound with speaker wire. She was clutching a stuffed dolphin -- a toy won for her at a state fair by her father, and which Couey allowed her to bring with her when she was abducted. | ["Why couldn't information be release by department of corrections?", 'When was couey sentenced?', 'Had he been ill for a long time?', 'Where did she win her stuffed dolphin?', 'Who had won it for her?', 'What was her fathers name?', "What was Courey's middle name?", 'Where was the hospital he was taken to?', 'What town was the florida state prison in?', "How far from Jessic'as home did Courey's half sister live?"] | {'answers': ['Because of privacy laws', '2007', 'Yes', 'A state fair', 'Her father', 'Mark Lunsford', 'Evander', 'Jacksonville, Florida', 'Starke, Florida.', 'Within sight of the Lunsford home.'], 'answers_start': [481, 1089, 624, 1577, 1577, 739, 255, 378, 438, 1352], 'answers_end': [581, 1130, 692, 1663, 1664, 771, 273, 480, 479, 1477]} |
3hmigg0u4l6ck63q1wi7ax5kgx0y8j | Frédéric François Chopin (/ˈʃoʊpæn/; French pronunciation: [fʁe.de.ʁik fʁɑ̃.swa ʃɔ.pɛ̃]; 22 February or 1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849), born Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin,[n 1] was a Polish and French (by citizenship and birth of father) composer and a virtuoso pianist of the Romantic era, who wrote primarily for the solo piano. He gained and has maintained renown worldwide as one of the leading musicians of his era, whose "poetic genius was based on a professional technique that was without equal in his generation." Chopin was born in what was then the Duchy of Warsaw, and grew up in Warsaw, which after 1815 became part of Congress Poland. A child prodigy, he completed his musical education and composed his earlier works in Warsaw before leaving Poland at the age of 20, less than a month before the outbreak of the November 1830 Uprising.
At the age of 21 he settled in Paris. Thereafter, during the last 18 years of his life, he gave only some 30 public performances, preferring the more intimate atmosphere of the salon. He supported himself by selling his compositions and teaching piano, for which he was in high demand. Chopin formed a friendship with Franz Liszt and was admired by many of his musical contemporaries, including Robert Schumann. In 1835 he obtained French citizenship. After a failed engagement to Maria Wodzińska, from 1837 to 1847 he maintained an often troubled relationship with the French writer George Sand. A brief and unhappy visit to Majorca with Sand in 1838–39 was one of his most productive periods of composition. In his last years, he was financially supported by his admirer Jane Stirling, who also arranged for him to visit Scotland in 1848. Through most of his life, Chopin suffered from poor health. He died in Paris in 1849, probably of tuberculosis. | ['What did the person of focus do?', 'How many performances did he give after moving to Paris?', 'At what age did he leave Poland?', 'Where did he prefer to perform?', 'What happened soon after his leaving Poland?', 'Was he ever ready to wed anyone?', 'Who?', 'Was he with anyone after her?', 'For how long?', "How'd they get along?", 'Who supported him monetarily at the end?', 'What was his probable cause of death?', 'Was he a healthy person?'] | {'answers': ['composer and pianist', '30 public ones', '20', 'the salon', 'the November 1830 Uprising', 'no', 'Maria Wodzińska', 'yes', 'from 1837 to 1847', 'often troubled relationship', 'Jane Stirling', 'tuberculosis', 'no'], 'answers_start': [237, 940, 748, 982, 781, 1304, 1304, 1368, 1351, 1381, 1588, 1753, 1693], 'answers_end': [268, 980, 779, 1034, 848, 1448, 1348, 1447, 1367, 1412, 1639, 1804, 1751]} |
3dh6gaktyypr424damiknh2of9gzy4 | With America's national debt continuing to climb, Congress is constantly debating ways to save money. The Dollar Coin Alliance, a lobbying group, says billions could be saved if dollar coins were used instead of paper bills. But many people won't use them. The U.S. government tried to push dollar coins again in recent years, but then suspended almost all production in 2011. American likes paper dollars, but Jim Kolbe, co-chairman of the Dollar Coin Alliance, thinks switching to the coin is worth it. "The coin does cost more to produce, roughly on the neighborhood of 17 cents versus the 5 or 6 cents that a paper dollar costs to produce," he said. "However, the coin lasts 35 years, and it's made of mostly recycled metals, and the paper has to be produced from new materials, and we shred 3 billion of those every year because they wear out." For years, the former Arizona congressman has been pushing legislation that would prop up the dollar coin by phasing out the greenback -- a move that has met resistance from both politicians and the public. But today, he said, _ and a recent poll indicates 61 percent of Americans like the idea. "When they learn of the savings that can be involved with this, they will support the idea of substituting the coin for the paper dollar," he said. Major savings Kolbe points to a study by the Government Accountability Office, which investigates how the government spends taxpayer dollars. The GAO estimates taxpayers would save more than $4 billion over 30 years, and that figure could be much higher. That appeals to taxpayer Christy Thompson, who said, "I'd probably say, yes, we need to do it." But plenty of people aren't convinced, including Kim Doering of Alexandria, Virginia. "It's easier to carry the paper bill than a bunch of coins. They're louder; they're heavier in your pocket," she said. Washington, D.C. restaurant owner Sue Fouladi doesn't like the idea of having more dollar coins in her cash register. "It's very inconvenient," she said. "If I don't have a choice, then I'll do it, but I'll be a very unhappy person." Adding to the problem is that the gold- and silver-colored metal coins are about the same size as the 25-cent quarter. Robert Blecker, an economics professor at American University in Washington, says the dollar coins should be a different size and thickness. "And if we can design a dollar coin that's not so big and bulky, probably Americans would like it better," he added. But that doesn't bother college student Emily Sturgill. "Sometimes they fit into your pocket easily and you don't have to worry about them slipping out, like a dollar bill would if you brought your keys or your phone out," she said. | ['what percent of people like the idea of a dollar coin?', 'who is a big advocate for the dollar coin?', 'what group does he chair?', 'when did the US suspend production of the dollar coin?', 'how much does it cost to produce?', 'and how much does the paper version cost?', 'how long does the coin last though?', 'what do they do with old paper money?', 'how much does the GAO estimate would be saved by taxpayers by using coins?', 'does Sue Fouladi like the idea?', 'what does she do for a living?', 'does she want more coins in her register?', 'about what size are the dollar coins?', 'where is Robert Blecker a professor?', 'does he think they should be the same size?'] | {'answers': ['61', 'Jim Kolbe', 'the Dollar Coin Alliance', 'in 2011', '17 cents', '5 or 6 cents', '35 years', 'shred them', 'more than $4 billion over 30 years', 'no', "she's a restaurant owner", 'no', 'about the same size as a quarter.', 'American University in Washington', 'no'], 'answers_start': [1107, 411, 437, 367, 573, 593, 679, 789, 1475, 1895, 1867, 1896, 2159, 2245, 2301], 'answers_end': [1109, 420, 461, 375, 581, 605, 687, 796, 1509, 1917, 1883, 1918, 2202, 2278, 2328]} |
3zr9aiqjub9e4ak3hlhl1tvv2b904n | CHAPTER IX
KIT'S REWARD
On the morning after their arrival, Kit and Macallister went to the Metropole. Macallister wore a neat blue uniform, a cap with the company's badge, and spotless white deck-shoes. His talk was careless and now and then his eyes twinkled. Kit's look was moody, and he wore plain duck clothes. He did not know if he was the company's servant and rather thought he was not; Don Arturo had sent for him, and he was probably going to be dismissed.
When they went up the drive to the big square hotel Macallister looked about.
"Don Arturo's a great man, but he has no' much eye for beauty," he remarked. "When his architect built the Metropole his model was a block. Maybe the cube style's economical. We get the maist room inside wi' the least span o' wall, but if I was a Spaniard, I'd make a bomb and blow up the ugly thing."
He stopped and putting his head on one side studied the hotel. "Bulk has value, if it's properly relieved. The old Greeks kenned; they used the square but they broke the line wi' pillars and cornices. Maybe, if ye worked in two, three mouldings and ran a _loggia_ along the front----"
"I didn't know you were an architect," Kit said impatiently.
"Ye dinna ken a' old Peter's talents," Macallister rejoined with a grin. "Architecture's useful and man has done fine work in stone, but for a pattern o' lightness, strength and beauty ye'll need to take a modern steel steamship. She must bear strains and stresses ye dinna bother aboot on land. A town hall, for example, is no designed for plunging through a steep head sea. Man! wi' a rule and a scriber, I'd design ye a better building than yon hotel." | ['Who was said to be a great man?', "What didn't he have a good eye for?", 'Was anyone wearing blue?', 'Who?', 'What shape was the hotel?', 'What was possibly economical?', 'Who went to the Metropole?', 'Who went to the Metropole on the morning after their arrival?', "What was on someone's cap?", 'Who seemed impatient?', "What did someone say they'd do if they were a Spaniard?", 'Was anyone speaking carelessly?', 'Who?', 'Was anyone wearing plain, duck clothes?', 'Who?', 'Who did Don Arturo send for?', 'What reason did he think he got sent for?', 'Did anyone study the hotel?', 'What was his posture like?', 'What did he then say had value?'] | {'answers': ['Don Arturo', 'Beauty', 'Yes', 'Macallister', 'Square', 'The cube style', "Don Arturo's architect", 'Kit and Macallister', "The company's badge", 'Kit', 'They would make a bomb and blow up the hotel', 'Yes', 'Macallister', 'Yes', 'Kit', 'Kit', 'He was going to be dismissed', 'Yes', 'His head was on one side', 'Bulk'], 'answers_start': [554, 608, 107, 107, 512, 703, 640, 64, 160, 1183, 814, 1246, 1246, 300, 292, 423, 459, 857, 884, 921], 'answers_end': [564, 614, 118, 118, 518, 713, 649, 83, 175, 1186, 837, 1257, 1257, 318, 294, 426, 469, 859, 900, 925]} |
31n2ww6r9rqkjigpkpvnuvqtu4hf3i | John Steinbeck once said, "All Americans believe they are born fishermen. For a man to admit to a distaste in fishing would be like denouncing mother - love or hating moonlight."
I can't say that I'm the biggest John Steinbeck fan. Actually, the only thing I can ever remember reading by him was "The pearl" when I was in middle school, but I couldn't agree more with the man when it comes to fishing. Whether I am on a boat in the middle of the Lay Lake, fishing off the shores of the Florida Keys for tarpon or catching rainbow trout in the Shoshone River of Wyoming, fishing is my life.
According to the American Sports Fishing Association, the fishing industry brings in more than $ 116 billion per year from fishermen across the country.
Though a beautiful picture to imagine, fishing is much more than that. Fishing is a way of life for many people and a way to escape everyday stress. Being a fisherman makes me a member of a wonderful group of people extending to all walks of life. Even President Obama can be found fishing on his farm in Texas with his good friend Roland Martin when the job gets too stressful.
I can remember fishing with my grandfather when I was 5 years old on his boat at Lake Mitchell. Although I didn't understand what I was doing, I did know that my grandfather was happy and that made me happy. Since then I've spent the past 16 years on the rivers and lakes of Alabama.
After days of practice, before and after work, I slowly developed an understanding of fishing. My boss, Ric Horst, took me back to the Shoshone, and I managed to bring in a 19-inch cutthroat trout. Fishing with Ric was a life-changing experience for me. He not only showed me how to fish correctly, but also told me how fishing could be a way to escape your problems.
Since then, prime-time season seems to take forever to arrive.
Now, with the ending of February and beginning of March in sight, the excitement of heading out Lake Tuscaloosa or Lake Lurleen before classes and catching something has finally returned. | ['which former president is mentioned?', 'how much does fishing bring?', 'according to who?', 'where did the author fish for long?', 'who did he fish with early in life?', 'where?', 'how old was he?', 'and who with later?', 'what was his name?', 'can fishing help with problems?', 'where does he go in March?', 'and?', 'Did Ric teach him anything?', 'what?', 'who does Obama fish with?', 'name?', 'what fish does the author catch off of the keys?', 'where does he catch tarpon?', 'what did Steinback say about Americans?', 'what did the author read?'] | {'answers': ['President Obama', '$ 116 billion per year', 'the American Sports Fishing Association', 'rivers and lakes of Alabama', 'his grandfather', 'Lake Mitchell.', 'Five', 'his boss', 'Ric Horst', 'yes', 'Lake Tuscaloosa', 'Lake Lurleen', 'yes', 'how to fish correctly,', 'his good friend', 'Roland Martin', '19-inch cutthroat trout', 'Florida Keys', 'All Americans believe they are born fishermen', 'The pearl'], 'answers_start': [1002, 594, 594, 1337, 1130, 1132, 1131, 1511, 1520, 1714, 1917, 1922, 1669, 1670, 1002, 1069, 1587, 458, 27, 244], 'answers_end': [1017, 711, 646, 1412, 1195, 1225, 1195, 1560, 1529, 1784, 1978, 1978, 1784, 1714, 1094, 1095, 1612, 512, 72, 309]} |
3wleiwsyhohfcwbcbf5ie6xe4e9h24 | CHAPTER XXIV To hail the king in seemly sort The ladie was full fain, But King Arthur, all sore amazed, No answer made again 'What wight art thou,' the ladie said, 'That will not speak to me? Sir, I may chance to ease thy pain, Though I be foul to see'
The Marriage of Sir Gawaine.
The fairy bride of Sir Gawaine, while under the influence of the spell of her wicked step-mother, was more decrepit probably, and what is commonly called more ugly, than Meg Merrilies; but I doubt if she possessed that wild sublimity which an excited imagination communicated to features marked and expressive in their own peculiar character, and to the gestures of a form which, her sex considered, might be termed gigantic. Accordingly, the Knights of the Round Table did not recoil with more terror from the apparition of the loathly lady placed between 'an oak and a green holly,' than Lucy Bertram and Julia Mannering did from the appearance of this Galwegian sibyl upon the common of Ellangowan.
'For God's sake,' said Julia, pulling out her purse, 'give that dreadful woman something and bid her go away.'
'I cannot,' said Bertram; 'I must not offend her.'
'What keeps you here?' said Meg, exalting the harsh and rough tones of her hollow voice. 'Why do you not follow? Must your hour call you twice? Do you remember your oath? "Were it at kirk or market, wedding or burial,"'--and she held high her skinny forefinger in a menacing attitude. | ['Was the bride pretty?', 'Why not?', 'Who cast it?', 'Was everyone afraid of her?', "Who wasn't", 'Who wants her to disappear?', 'How?', 'Do they pay her?', 'Why not?', 'Who is she supposed to marry?', 'What does she look like?', 'What about her figure?', 'Where was she?', 'Where in the town?'] | {'answers': ['No', 'a spell', 'her step-mother', 'No', 'the Knights of the Round Table', 'Julia', 'give that woman something', 'No', 'Bertram must not offend her', 'Sir Gawaine', 'decrepit', 'gigantic', "between 'an oak and a green holly'", 'Ellangowan'], 'answers_start': [286, 286, 347, 711, 712, 990, 990, 1103, 1103, 286, 286, 629, 815, 871], 'answers_end': [449, 382, 382, 827, 827, 1101, 1101, 1154, 1154, 316, 410, 711, 870, 988]} |
3s96kq6i9m4skf0n8y6oo8r6cxldt7 | The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the VIII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1924 in Paris, France. It was the second time Paris hosted the games, after 1900. The selection process for the 1924 Summer Olympics consisted of six bids, and Paris was selected ahead of Amsterdam, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Prague, and Rome. The selection was made at the 20th IOC Session in Lausanne in 1921.
The cost of the Games of the VIII Olympiad was estimated to be 10,000,000₣. With total receipts at 5,496,610₣, the Olympics resulted in a hefty loss despite crowds that reached 60,000 people at a time.
126 events in 23 disciplines, comprising 17 sports, were part of the Olympic program in 1924. The number of events in each discipline is noted in parentheses.
Seventeen sports venues were used in the 1924 Summer Olympics. Stade de Colombes served as the final venue for the 1938 FIFA World Cup between Italy and Hungary.
A total of 44 nations were represented at the 1924 Games. Germany was still absent, having not been invited by the Organizing Committee. China (although did not compete), Ecuador, Haiti, Ireland, Lithuania, and Uruguay attended the Olympic Games for the first time while the Philippines competed for first time in an Olympic Games as a nation though it first participated in 1900 Summer Olympic Games also in this city. Latvia and Poland attended the Summer Olympic Games for the first time (having both appeared earlier at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix). | ['How much did the games cost?', 'What were the games called?', 'What is the unofficial name for it', 'Was it just one sport?', 'Was it one country?', 'Where did it happen?', 'When else did it host?', 'How many bids were there in 1924', 'Did the games operate at a loss?', 'How much did they take in?', 'How many events were there', 'How many disciplines?', 'How many sports?', 'How many sports venues were used', 'How many nations were represented?', 'Who was absent?', 'Did China compete?'] | {'answers': ['10,000,000₣', 'Games of the VIII Olympiad', 'The 1924 Summer Olympics', 'No', 'No', 'Paris', 'after 1900', 'six', 'Yes', '5,496,610₣', '126 events', '23 disciplines', '174.', 'Seventeen', '44', 'Germany', 'No'], 'answers_start': [456, 0, 0, 660, 985, 53, 160, 253, 532, 532, 660, 660, 701, 821, 985, 1043, 1121], 'answers_end': [530, 79, 80, 710, 1042, 158, 225, 299, 604, 565, 670, 753, 753, 883, 1043, 1067, 1155]} |
33cusnvvnncx50c8oskdbkhinr4884 | Kinshasa, DRC (CNN) -- Kinshasa hasn't had an easy time of it. A decade ago, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo was a broken city, ravaged by years of war and infighting. Of late, however, Kinshasa has witnessed a resurgence, with many expatriated Congolese returning to build a new city.
"When I came back, people thought I was crazy. "[They would ask], 'why would you go into a country where there is war? Where nothing is working? Why not stay in the States and make your life?'" says Joss Ilunga Dijimba, who returned to Kinshasa in 1996 after studying in America. Today, Dijimba runs his own eponymous business, manufacturing plastic bottles for the pharmaceutical industry.
"In the USA, everything has been done -- everything. In Congo, there is still a way to make things right. I am a Congolese. If I'm not going to make it, who's going to?"
In agreement is Olivier Ndombasi, who always planned on building his fortune in his homeland. Like his elder brothers, he studied abroad in the hope of bringing back knowledge that could improve the family business: groceries. His father's small store has now turned into a supermarket franchise called Peloustore, with four locations and more on the way.
"It's very exciting to be able to do things in a new environment, and do things you didn't think you'd be able to do," says Ndombasi.
"The challenge is great, but it's very exciting."
Many agree that there are obstacles, but returnees often cite the exhilaration of starting with a clean slate. | ['Where are some people heading back to?', 'Does everyone think going back is a great idea?', 'Who is hoping to make good money there?', 'Is he an only child?', 'Did he attend school at home?', 'What did he want to bring home with him?', 'For what purpose?', 'Which is?', 'Did it work?', 'What is the name of the big shop?', 'Does he find it fun?', 'How recently has the area gotten better?', 'What had made it bad?', 'Are many folks coming home now?', 'Who came back in 1996?', 'Where had he been?', 'Is he successful now?', 'Doing what?', 'What sort?', 'Do many folks find the challenges of coming home rewarding?'] | {'answers': ['Democratic Republic of Congo', 'no', 'Olivier Ndombasi', 'no', 'no', 'knowledge', 'improve the family business', 'groceries', 'yes', 'Peloustore', 'yes', 'very recently', 'years of war and infighting', 'yes', 'Joss Ilunga Dijimba', 'America', 'yes', 'business', 'manufacturing plastic bottles', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [96, 338, 885, 972, 990, 1035, 1056, 1085, 1128, 1172, 1238, 1481, 155, 227, 503, 575, 598, 622, 632, 1472], 'answers_end': [124, 349, 901, 986, 1006, 1044, 1083, 1094, 1154, 1182, 1246, 1505, 182, 237, 522, 582, 630, 630, 661, 1525]} |
3x73llyyq1eb1i05xy326u0cf8anh9 | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's all-powerful spy agency could face an unprecedented challenge from the nation's high court after a lawyer representing seven victims urged contempt of court charges Friday.
The Supreme Court had given the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency until midnight Friday to produce the seven men, who according to attorney Tariq Asad, were arrested without due process and injured while in custody.
The ISI has also been ordered to explain the deaths of four other detainees.
Asad said he filed a petition after the Supreme Court adjourned Friday's hearing without the presence of the seven detainees.
A three-judge panel gave the ISI a new Monday deadline to produce the men.
"The court wants the detainees in court today and they're not accepting any excuses," said Asad. "The court has said they have until midnight to produce the detainees, even if it means bringing them to court in a helicopter."
The court did not spell out consequences if the ultimatum is not heeded.
But the case breaks new ground in that the ISI has long been thought untouchable. Legal proceedings could expose the inner workings of the highly secretive agency like never before.
On Thursday, the spy agency's lawyer presented the court with medical certificates for four of the seven detainees to show they were hospitalized, and he asked permission from the court to present confidential letters explaining the whereabouts of the other three men, Asad said.
The ISI blamed the death of detainee Abdul Saboor, 29, on natural causes, but his mother said scars on his body prove the agency tortured and killed her son. | ['How old is Abdul Saboor?', 'What was his death blamed on?', 'Who did the blaming?', 'Was he being detained?', 'Does his mother think hid death was due to natural causes?', 'What does she think the ISI did to her son?', 'On what day was the court shown medical certificates?', 'By whom?', "How many detainee's certificates were shown?", 'How many detainees were there in total?', 'Did the certificates have information about hospitalizations?', 'What did the lawyer want permission to do?', 'That gave information about what?', 'When was the deadline to produce the three other men?', 'What does ISI stand for?', "What was Mr. Asad's first name?"] | {'answers': ['29', 'natural causes', 'ISI', 'yes', 'no', 'tortured', 'Thursday', "the spy agency's lawyer", 'Four', 'Seven', 'yes', 'present confidential letters', 'whereabouts of the other three men', 'midnight Friday', 'Inter-Services Intelligence', 'Tariq'], 'answers_start': [1530, 1493, 1496, 1494, 1567, 1568, 1214, 1211, 1273, 1298, 1273, 1371, 1430, 288, 247, 362], 'answers_end': [1547, 1565, 1507, 1529, 1651, 1651, 1293, 1248, 1315, 1325, 1356, 1428, 1478, 309, 280, 372]} |
3os4rqucr9fpmdk2ziatceo5hqqbfo | CHAPTER XV.
Still the silence lasted. Henry had tried at first to persuade himself that it was only by chance that he never heard his own name from lips that used to call it more often than any other. Indeed, he was so much used to favour, that it needed all the awe-struck pity of the rest to prove to him its withdrawal; and he was so much in the habit of thrusting himself before Samuel, that even the sight and sound of the First Book of Euclid, all day long, failed to convince him that his brother could be preferred; above all, as Nurse Freeman had been collecting his clean shirts as well as Sam's, and all the portmanteaus and trunks in the house had been hunted out of the roof. Once, either the spirit of imitation, or his usual desire of showing himself off, made him break in when Sam was knitting his brows frightfully over a sum in proportion. Hal could do it in no time!
So he did; but he put the third term first, and multiplied the hours into the minutes, instead of reducing them to the same denomination; so that he made out that twenty-five men would take longer to cut a field of grass than three, and then could not see that he was wrong; but Miss Fosbrook and Sam both looked so much grieved for him, that a start of fright went through him.
Some minds really do not understand a fault till they see it severely visited; and "at least" and "couldn't help" had so blinded Henry's eyes that he had thought himself more unlucky than to blame, till his father's manner forced it on him that he had done something dreadful. Vaguely afraid, he hung about, looking so wretched that he was a piteous sight; and it cut his father to the heart to spend such a last day together. Mayhap the Captain could hardly have held out all that second day, if he had not passed his word to his brother. | ['Who would thrust themself before Samuel?', 'Who was gathering shirts?', 'Who did they belong to?', 'And?', '?', 'What happened to the trunks?', 'Did Henry think he was lucky?', 'Who made him realize that he did something bad?', 'What was his last day with his dad like?', 'And how did Henry look?'] | {'answers': ['Henry', 'Nurse Freeman', 'henrys', "Sam's", "Sam's", 'hunted out of the roof', 'Not', 'Miss Fosbrook and Sam both looked so much grieved for him', 'it cut his father to the heart', 'Wretched'], 'answers_start': [328, 542, 542, 593, 592, 615, 42, 1172, 1631, 1583], 'answers_end': [393, 593, 592, 609, 609, 691, 161, 1229, 1666, 1630]} |
35gmh2sv3ehhzt9f8cv90g34d2aeom | Istanbul (, or ; ), historically known as Constantinople and Byzantium, is the most populous city in Turkey and the country's economic, cultural, and historic center. Istanbul is a transcontinental city in Eurasia, straddling the Bosphorus strait (which separates Europe and Asia) between the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. Its commercial and historical center lies on the European side and about a third of its population lives on the Asian side. The city is the administrative center of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality ( with Istanbul Province), both hosting a population of around 14.7 million residents. Istanbul is one of the world's most populous cities and ranks as the world's 7th-largest city proper and the largest European city.
Founded under the name of "Byzantion" (Βυζάντιον) on the Sarayburnu promontory around 660 BCE, the city developed to become one of the most significant in history. After its reestablishment as "Constantinople" in 330 CE, it served as an imperial capital for almost 16 centuries, during the Roman and Byzantine (330–1204 and 1261–1453), the Latin (1204–1261), and the Ottoman (1453–1922) empires. It was instrumental in the advancement of Christianity during Roman and Byzantine times, before the Ottomans conquered the city in 1453 and transformed it into an Islamic stronghold and the seat of the Ottoman Caliphate. | ['what is the population of Istanbul?', 'what name was it founded under?', 'in what year?', 'what is one of the historical names for it?', 'how many continents does it straddle?', 'which two?', 'how many centuries has it been an imperial capital?', 'how does its population rank in comparison to other cities of the world?', 'about how many people live on the european side?', 'is it the largest city in Europe?', 'when did Ottomans conquer the city?', 'what become the dominant religion there?', 'was it always?', 'what other religion was it instrumental to?', 'during what period?', 'what years did that span?', 'when was it reestablished as Constantinople?'] | {'answers': ['around 14.7 million', '"Byzantion"', 'around 660 BCE', 'Constantinople', 'Two', 'Europe and Asia', 'almost 16', 'the 7th-largest city proper', 'about two thirds', 'Yes', '1453', 'Islam', 'No', 'Christianity', 'the Roman and Byzantine times', '33-1453 in total', '330'], 'answers_start': [587, 753, 831, 19, 215, 264, 988, 686, 376, 724, 1247, 1288, 1147, 1155, 1190, 1061, 946], 'answers_end': [608, 789, 845, 56, 280, 279, 1029, 719, 449, 750, 1283, 1319, 1203, 1202, 1235, 1108, 968]} |
3oswbblg1exz1w97d87ldbccofudxi | (CNN) -- Samantha Stosur stopped Caroline Wozniacki from clinching the year-end women's No. 1 tennis ranking with a shock 6-4 6-3 victory at the WTA Championships in Qatar on Wednesday night.
The Australian romped to her second straight victory in the Maroon Group, following her revenge win over French Open champion Francesca Schiavone on Tuesday.
The Roland Garros runner-up's kick serve was a potent weapon against Wozniacki, with the triumph giving the 26-year-old every chance of reaching the semifinals ahead of her final group match against Russia's Elena Dementieva on Thursday.
It was her second victory over a top-ranked player this year, having beaten Serena Williams on the way to reaching the final in Paris.
The fifth seed fired 26 winners to Wozniacki's 14, and could afford to serve two double-faults in the deciding game before the Dane returned a backhand long on her first match-point.
Wozniacki, who thrashed seventh seed Dementieva on Tuesday, will next take on Italy's Schiavone on Thursday.
Kim Clijsters, who won the $4.5 million season-ending event in 2002 and 2003, earlier triumphed in her opening White Group match 6-2 6-3 against fellow former No. 1 Jelena Jankovic despite serving 10 double-faults.
The Belgian, returning to action after having a mole cut off her foot, broke Jankovic to love in the first game of the match and then again in the seventh.
The three-time U.S. Open champion was less impressive in the second set but had enough to see off the Serbian, who is struggling with illness in the oppressive heat in Doha. | ['What kind of win did Stosur get against Schiavone?', 'True or False: Stosur played against Wozniacki on Friday morning.', 'When did they play each other?', 'How old is Stosur?', 'Was her win in Qatar expected?', 'True or False: Serena Williams beat Stosur.', 'How much money did Clijsters win?', 'When?', 'Where is Clijsters from?', 'What did she have removed?', 'Where is Jankovic from?', 'Is she in good health?', 'Why?', "Did Wozniacki reach the women's top rank?", 'In what game did she lose her chance at it?', 'What is Schiavone champion of?', "Who was Stosur's final group match against?", 'True or False: Dementieva is from Sweden.', 'What country, then?'] | {'answers': ['Revenge win', 'False', 'Wednesday night', '26-year-old', 'No, it was a shock', 'False', '$4.5 million', '2002', 'Belgian', 'A mole which was cut off her foot', 'Serbia', 'No, she is struggling with illness', 'Due to the oppressive heat in Doha.', 'No', '6-4 6-3 defeat in the WTA Championships in Qatar on Wednesday night.', 'The French Open', 'Elena Dementieva', 'False', 'Russia'], 'answers_start': [268, 9, 172, 434, 116, 656, 1027, 1042, 1244, 1277, 1474, 1500, 1520, 18, 25, 299, 527, 553, 553], 'answers_end': [305, 193, 193, 473, 137, 730, 1086, 1094, 1276, 1314, 1576, 1576, 1576, 109, 193, 353, 594, 579, 593]} |
3qbd8r3z21jz7rcmj6jwrurd0dto43 | Bartolo "Buddy" Valastro, star of the reality show "Cake Boss," was arrested in Manhattan early Thursday for driving while intoxicated, according to police.
Valastro, 37, was pulled over shortly after 1 a.m. while driving north on 10th Avenue after officers saw his 2014 Chevrolet Corvette swerving through the lanes between 20th and 32nd streets, according to New York Police Det. Martin Speechley.
Police said Velastro's breath smelled of alcohol, and that the reality star had a flushed face and watery, bloodshot eyes. He was unsteady on his feet when he stepped out of his car and he failed a field sobriety test, Speechley said.
Valastro was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving with impaired ability.
Best known for his role in TLC's "Cake Boss," Valastro also appears in the competition series "Next Great Baker."
A fourth-generation baker, Valastro runs Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, New Jersey. He is married and has four children, according to his TLC biography.
Calls to some of his businesses for comment were not immediately returned.
In July, Valastro had a different type of encounter with public safety authorities when his 32-foot Boston Whaler got lost in heavy fog in New York Harbor. Both fire and police harbor units rescued his boat and towed it to Jersey City.
The vessel had been lost in thick fog in Ambrose Channel, a busy shipping channel that put it in danger of colliding with large commercial ships, police said. Valastro was rescued along with his wife, another couple and nine young children. | ['Who was arrested?', 'on what charges?', 'How old is he?>', 'What reality show did he appear in?', 'Between what lanes was he sweving?', 'What was his car model?', 'Was he drunk?', 'What was his second famous series?', 'Is he a first generation baker?', 'Then what generation?', 'Where does he run a bake shop?', 'Is he single?', 'Then is he married?', 'Does he have any kdis?', 'How many kids?'] | {'answers': ['Bartolo Valastro', 'driving while intoxicated', '37', '"Cake Boss"', 'the lanes between 20th and 32nd streets', '2014 Chevrolet Corvette', 'yes', '"Next Great Baker"', 'no', 'fourth', 'Hoboken, New Jersey', 'no', 'yes', 'yes', 'four'], 'answers_start': [0, 105, 159, 25, 292, 264, 641, 775, 846, 846, 873, 929, 929, 928, 947], 'answers_end': [76, 134, 171, 63, 348, 291, 692, 843, 881, 881, 927, 942, 942, 964, 964]} |
3b2x28yi3wft3krryp7pi8bsp1l6bz | The or is the period between 1603 and 1868 in the history of Japan, when Japanese society was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional daimyō. The period was characterized by economic growth, strict social order, isolationist foreign policies, a stable population, "no more wars", and popular enjoyment of arts and culture. The shogunate was officially established in Edo on March 24, 1603, by Tokugawa Ieyasu. The period came to an end with the Meiji Restoration on May 3, 1868, after the fall of Edo.
A revolution took place from the time of the Kamakura shogunate, which existed with the Tenno's court, to the Tokugawa, when the "samurai" became the unchallenged rulers in what historian Edwin O. Reischauer called a "centralized feudal" form of shogunate. Instrumental in the rise of the new-existing bakufu was Tokugawa Ieyasu, the main beneficiary of the achievements of Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. Already powerful, Ieyasu profited by his transfer to the rich Kantō area. He maintained two million "koku" of land, a new headquarters at Edo, a strategically situated castle town (the future Tokyo), and also had an additional two million "koku" of land and thirty-eight vassals under his control. After Hideyoshi's death, Ieyasu moved quickly to seize control from the Toyotomi family. | ['Which shogunate ruled Japan between 1603 and 1868?', 'How many regional daimyo did the country have during that period?', 'Was economic growth good then?', 'Were there many wars then?', 'Did the arts and culture flourish?', 'Who established this period?', 'What was the exact date of it’s establishment?', 'What was the exact date of the demise of it?', 'What city is now located at the place where there was a castle headquarters in Edo?', 'Was the Kamakura shogunate peaceful?', "Was Ieyasu's transfer to Kantō beneficial to him?"] | {'answers': ['Tokugawa', '300', 'yes', 'none', 'yes', 'Tokugawa Ieyasu', 'March 24, 1603', 'May 3, 1868', 'Tokyo', 'no', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [29, 135, 174, 296, 311, 384, 355, 441, 1021, 536, 946], 'answers_end': [134, 172, 221, 311, 354, 440, 420, 533, 1144, 599, 1019]} |
3wyp994k17rpgsk28hl9qj9tacq6y5 | CHAPTER VIII—VERY MYSTERIOUS
Arthur found Louise developing hysteria, while Beth, Patsy and Helen Hahn were working over her and striving to comfort her. Uncle John, the major and big Runyon stood gazing helplessly at the dolorous scene.
“Well? Well?” cried Mr. Merrick, as Weldon and young Hahn entered. “Any news?”
Arthur shook his head and went to his wife, bending over to kiss her forehead.
“Be brave, dear!” he whispered.
It needed but this tender admonition to send the young mother into new paroxysms.
“See here; we’re wasting time,” protested Runyon, his voice reaching high C in his excitement. “Something must be done!”
“Of course,” cried Patsy, turning from Louise. “We’re a lot of ninnies. Let us think what is best to do and map out a logical program.”
The others looked at her appealingly, glad to have some one assume command but feeling themselves personally unequal to the task of thinking logically.
“First,” said the girl, firmly, “let us face the facts. Baby Jane has mysteriously disappeared, and with her the two nurses.”
“Not necessarily with her,” objected Rudolph. “Let us say the two nurses have also disappeared. Now, the question is, why?”
A shriek from Louise emphasised the query.
“Don’t let’s bother with the ‘why?’” retorted Patsy. “We don’t care why. The vital question is ‘where?’ All we want, just now, is to find baby and get her back home again to her loving friends. She can’t have been gone more than four hours—or five, at the most. Therefore she isn’t so far away that an automobile can’t overtake her.” | ['Who is hysteric?', 'Why?', 'Who was comforting her?', 'Who is her husband?', 'Who was helpless?', 'Anyone else?', 'Who took charge?', 'What did she say what were the facts?', 'Are they sure the nurses and the baby were together?', 'How long has she been gone?', 'Was there any news?', 'Were the others glad about Patsy?'] | {'answers': ['Louise', 'unknown', 'Beth, Patsy and Helen Hahn', 'Arthur', 'Uncle John', 'big Runyon', 'Patsy', 'Baby Jane has disappeared with two nurses', 'No', 'four or five hours', 'No', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [31, -1, 72, 323, 156, 178, 783, 969, 1065, 1429, 242, 783], 'answers_end': [70, -1, 154, 366, 240, 240, 857, 1062, 1188, 1497, 402, 869]} |
3z4airp3c6d591tvxfnqc9b3zks1xl | CHAPTER XVIII. THE ZENITH
Andrea Doria did not remain to make formal surrender of the citadel of Sinigaglia to the duke--for which purpose, be it borne in mind, had Cesare been invited, indirectly, to come to Sinigaglia. He fled during the night that saw Vitelli and Oliverotto writhing their last in the strangler's hands. And his flight adds colour to the versions of the affair that were afforded the world by Cesare and his father. Andrea Doria, waiting to surrender his trust, had nothing to fear from the duke, no reason to do anything but remain. Andrea Doria, intriguing against the duke's life with the condottieri, finding them seized by the duke, and inferring that all was discovered, had every reason to fly.
The citadel made surrender on that New Year's morning, when Cesare summoned it to do so, whilst the troops of the Orsini and Vitelli lodged in the castles of the territory, being taken unawares, were speedily disposed of. So, there being nothing more left to do in Sinigaglia, Cesare once more marshalled his men and set out for Città di Castello--the tyranny of the Vitelli, which he found undefended and of which he took possession in the name of the Church. Thence he rushed on towards Perugia, for he had word that Guidobaldo of Urbino, Fabio Orsini, Annibale and Venanzio Varano, and Vitelli's nephew were assembled there under the wing of Gianpaolo Baglioni, who, with a considerable condotta at his back, was making big talk of resisting the Duke of Romagna and Valentinois. In this, Gianpaolo persevered most bravely until he had news that the duke was as near as Gualdo, when precipitately he fled--leaving his guests to shift for themselves. He had remembered, perhaps, at the last moment how narrow an escape he had had of it at Sinigaglia, and he repaired to Siena to join Pandolfo Petrucci, who had been equally fortunate in that connection. | ['Why was Cesare invited?'] | {'answers': ['to take the citadel'], 'answers_start': [726], 'answers_end': [813]} |
3cn4lgxd5xob15goptsutlpfekqy4g | A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building. By contrast, a wide area network (WAN) not only covers a larger geographic distance, but also generally involves leased telecommunication circuits or Internet links. An even greater contrast is the Internet, which is a system of globally connected business and personal computers.
Ethernet and Wi-Fi are the two most common technologies in use for local area networks. Historical technologies include ARCNET, Token ring, and AppleTalk.
The increasing demand and use of computers in universities and research labs in the late 1960s generated the need to provide high-speed interconnections between computer systems. A 1970 report from the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory detailing the growth of their "Octopus" network gave a good indication of the situation.
A number of experimental and early commercial LAN technologies were developed in the 1970s. Cambridge Ring was developed at Cambridge University starting in 1974. Ethernet was developed at Xerox PARC in 1973–1975, and filed as . In 1976, after the system was deployed at PARC, Robert Metcalfe and David Boggs published a seminal paper, "Ethernet: Distributed Packet-Switching for Local Computer Networks". ARCNET was developed by Datapoint Corporation in 1976 and announced in 1977. It had the first commercial installation in December 1977 at Chase Manhattan Bank in New York. | ['What does LAN stand for?', 'And what is that?', 'What about WAN?', 'Which kind of network would you use to connect to other computers at a school?', 'What would you use to visit websites?', 'When did demand and use of computers increase?'] | {'answers': ['local area network', 'a computer network', 'a wide area network', '(LAN', '(WAN', 'in the late 1960s'], 'answers_start': [0, 22, 192, 21, 211, 619], 'answers_end': [26, 49, 217, 127, 343, 713]} |
3nvc2eb65qzqj9xkpfnbjgx90mky3p | CHAPTER XXVII
DAN BAXTER'S REPENTANCE
The three Rover boys could scarcely believe their senses. Here they were once more in full possession of the _Mermaid_ so far as the deck and cabin were concerned--and those who had sought to make them prisoners were prisoners themselves.
"This is where the biter got bit," remarked Tom. "Say, I feel so good I could almost dance."
"Sack Todd got shot," said Dick. "I'd like to know if it is serious."
"Well, I am not very sorry for him," said Sam. "He's a thoroughly bad egg."
"We want to make certain of Dan Baxter," went on the eldest Rover. "He may fool Hans."
They walked toward the cabin and ran down the companionway. At the lower doorway they paused and then Tom grinned.
On one side of the room was Dan Baxter with his hands in the air. On the other side was Hans, with a pistol in each hand.
"Ton't dare to mofe," Hans was saying. "Of you do I vos put oxactly fourteen shots into your poty, ain't it!"
"I am not moving," grumbled Baxter. "Didn't I tell you I am sick of the whole thing, Dutchy? I don't want to fight, or anything."
"Tan Paxter, you chust remember dot old saying, beoples vot lif in glass houses ton't got no right to tell fish stories," answered Hans, gravely.
"Hans, that's a good one!" roared Tom, coming forward. "Say, you're a whole regiment in yourself, ain't you?"
"Yah, I vos so goot like ten or sefenteen soljers, alretty!" answered the German youth, proudly. "Paxter, he ton't got avay from me, not much!" | ['How many boys were there?', 'What did they have?', "What was it's name?", "What was the boy's surname?", 'Where did they walk?', 'Did they speed up?', 'Where?', 'Where did they stop?', 'Who smiled?', 'What did they see in the room?', 'What was his name?', 'What was opposite of him?', 'Named?', 'What did he tell Dan to do?', 'Or he would do what?', 'How many times?'] | {'answers': ['Three', 'A boat', 'The Mermaid', 'Rover', 'Toward the cabin', 'Yes', 'down the companionway', 'At the lower doorway', 'Tom', 'A man with his hands in the air', 'Dan Baxter', 'A man with pistols', 'Hans', 'Stand still', 'Shoot him', '14'], 'answers_start': [42, 100, 147, 41, 617, 646, 650, 676, 677, 734, 762, 799, 800, 858, 897, 896], 'answers_end': [71, 281, 282, 281, 732, 674, 675, 732, 732, 856, 797, 856, 856, 968, 968, 969]} |
3l6l49wxw0xdzh64ernxiormjhh455 | CHAPTER XVI
SOMETHING ABOUT A CANE
But if Koswell and Larkspur were guilty, they kept very quiet about it, and the Rover boys were unable to prove anything against them. The bill for the cut-up tire came to Dick, and he paid it.
The college talk was now largely about football, and one day a notice was posted that all candidates for admission on the big eleven should register at the gymnasium.
"I think I'll put my name down," said Tom.
"And I'll do the same," returned Dick, "but I doubt if well get much of a show, since they know nothing of our playing qualities here."
There were about thirty candidates, including thirteen who had played on the big team before. But two of these candidates were behind in then studies, and had to be dropped, by order of the faculty.
"That leaves a full eleven anyway of old players," said Sam. "Not much hope for you," he added to his brothers.
"They'll do considerable shifting; every college team does," said Dick; and he was right. After a good deal of scrub work and a general sizing up of the different candidates, four of the old players were dropped, while another went to the substitutes' bench.
It was now a question between nine of the new candidates, and after another tryout Dick was put in as a guard, he having shown an exceptional fitness for filling that position. Tom got on the substitutes' bench, which was something, if not much. Then practice began in earnest, for the college was to play a game against Roxley, another college, on a Saturday, ten days later. | ['How many candidates were there?', 'How many had prior experience?', 'How many were dropped?', 'Why?', 'Where were they registering at?', 'Did Dick think they had much of a shot?', 'Why not?', 'What did correctly say all teams do?', 'How many of the old players were let go?', 'Did one become a substitute?', 'How many new potential players did it come down to?', 'Did Tom get picked?', 'What did he end up doing on the team?', 'Did Dick get picked, too?', 'What position did he get?', 'Did he seem like an excellent fit for that position?', 'Who paid for a torn up tire?', "Who might have been guilty, but they weren't saying anything about it?", 'Who failed at proving them guilty of anything?', 'Who was the first football game going to be against?'] | {'answers': ['about thirty', 'thirteen', 'two', 'they were behind in studies', 'the gymnasium', 'no', 'they knew nothing of their playing qualities', 'considerable shifting', 'four', 'yes', 'nine', 'yes', 'substitute', 'yes', 'guard', 'yes', 'Dick', 'Koswell and Larkspur', 'the Rover boys', 'Roxley,'], 'answers_start': [598, 632, 684, 709, 387, 489, 535, 903, 1077, 1339, 1193, 1340, 1355, 1239, 1267, 1293, 211, 46, 115, 1484], 'answers_end': [610, 641, 688, 736, 400, 532, 582, 935, 1081, 1366, 1197, 1366, 1366, 1274, 1272, 1339, 215, 67, 129, 1491]} |
3r0t90iz1sceai83o2c65juz0yfgc4 | On a sunny day in July, Sylvia left the front gate open. From the spot where Rex was napping in the grassy yard, he had listened to the sound of the gate sliding open, and waited for it to snap shut. It didn't. The click of Sylvia's shoes faded into the distance, and yet the snap of the shutting gate didn't come. Finally, Rex pushed himself up on one paw so he could look towards the front of the yard, where the gate moved in the breeze. Rex moved slowly towards the gate at first, but as he neared the sidewalk he shot through the opening, his shiny black fur twinkling in the sun as he sped down the street. Rex ran from block to block through the neighborhood, with no leash to pull him back. When all four legs started to burn from running, Rex slowed down and started sniffing the grass around him. His stomach growled and he hoped he'd find some food in the grass. All he found was sidewalk chalk, a few little black ants, and flowers that made him sneeze. The sun was going down, and Rex thought about Sylvia coming home to rub his ears and fill his food bowl. He looked up and down the sidewalk for his home. Nothing. Rex was lost. He stood completely still and raised his ears as high as they would go. He sat and listened, and listened and sat. Just as the sun passed over the mountains in the distance, Rex heard, from very far away, the soft "click click click" of Sylvia walking towards the house. Rex ran home. | ['what did rex hear?', 'what sound did that make?', 'was it loud?', 'what month was it?', 'how was the weather/', 'what did sylvia do on that day?', "what didn't rex hear?", 'where was he?', 'doing what?', 'what color was he?', 'did rex immediately leave?', 'was his fur matted?', 'where did he run?', "what wasn't he wearing that he usually did?", 'what did he do when he finished running?', 'what was he feeling then?', 'was he able to get anything to eat?', 'did rex know where his home was?', 'how did he know where it was?', 'where did the sun set behind?'] | {'answers': ['Sylvia walking towards the house', 'click click click', 'no', 'July', 'sunny', 'left the front gate open', 'the gate closing', 'the yard', 'napping', 'black', 'no', 'no', 'the neighborhood', 'a leash', 'slowed down and started sniffing the grass', 'hungry', 'no', 'no', 'he heard sylvia walking home', 'the mountains'], 'answers_start': [1380, 1358, 1352, 18, 5, 31, 113, 96, 85, 554, 451, 548, 621, 675, 752, 807, 874, 1129, 1215, 1286], 'answers_end': [1412, 1375, 1356, 22, 10, 55, 209, 111, 92, 559, 483, 553, 665, 680, 794, 827, 964, 1141, 1412, 1299]} |
3b4yi393v9wx746qgown92hkbc4ss4 | (CNN) -- When rehab and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings didn't work for Eddie Freas, he sought another way to kick his 20-year drug and alcohol addiction.
Eddie Freas fights drug addiction by putting all his energy into training for triathlons.
He swam 2.4 miles. He biked 112 miles. He ran 26.2 miles. The Pennsville, New Jersey, resident found relief in triathlons.
"I feel better when I'm working out," said Freas, 33. "It does wonders for the mind. The reason I started running -- it was a switch that went off in my head. I started feeling positive and feeling great about myself."
Freas spent his youth in pursuit of drugs. At the age of 13, he snuck bottles of Amaretto and rum from his mother's liquor cabinet. He also developed a taste for marijuana and cocaine. By his senior year of high school, Freas was kicked off the wrestling and football teams after failing a drug test.
Then in 2007, after a three-day binge, "I came home and was crying," Freas said. "I was so depressed. I turned on the TV." The set was tuned to ESPN, which was airing a story about a former drug addict who competed in triathlons.
The program's subject was Todd Crandell, who had lost a college hockey scholarship because of a drug addiction. After 13 years of using drugs, Crandell started competing in Ironman races and championed finding positive ways to fight addiction through his program called Racing for Recovery.
"Having an athletic background, I was drawn to getting back in shape," Crandell said. "It makes you turn intellectually and spiritually fit. Exercise is essential. It decreases addiction, depression and you use it as part of the recovery." | ['Who lost a college hockey scholarship because of addiction?', 'How long did he use drugs for?', 'Who did AA not work for?', 'How long did he use drugs and alcohol for?', 'How does he combat his addiction?', 'What happened in 2007?', 'What did he Freas do when he was 13?', 'When was he kicked off the wrestling and football teams?', 'What program did Crandell start?', 'What does he say is essential?', 'Does he think it decreases addiction and depression?', 'How many miles did Eddie swim?', 'Did he cycle for 200 miles?', 'How many did he cycle?', 'Did he walk for 26.2 miles?', 'What did he do for those miles?', 'What city is Freas from?', 'How old is he?', 'What did he say went off in his head?', 'And how did he start feeling about himself?'] | {'answers': ['Todd Crandell', '13 years', 'Eddie Freas', '20-years', 'training for triathlons.', 'after a three-day binge, "I came home and was crying," Freas said. "I was so depressed. I turned on the TV." The set was tuned to ESPN, which was airing a story about a former drug addict who competed in triathlons.', "he snuck bottles of Amaretto and rum from his mother's liquor cabinet.", 'after failing a drug test.', 'Racing for Recovery', 'Exercise', 'yes', '2.4 miles', 'no', '112 miles.', 'no', 'He ran', 'Pennsville', '33', 'a switch', 'positive and feeling great'], 'answers_start': [1154, 1246, 24, 117, 155, 910, 649, 813, 1398, 1562, 1585, 247, 266, 266, 286, 286, 309, 415, 496, 532], 'answers_end': [1210, 1269, 81, 152, 245, 1126, 724, 894, 1417, 1583, 1619, 264, 286, 285, 304, 303, 341, 424, 530, 591]} |