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3l2is5hsfaig646pxxa1p9p297dun0 | First lady Michelle Obama turns 50 on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014.
Michelle Obama has spent the first half-century of her life breaking barriers and checking off a series of firsts. Now, as she reaches her milestone birthday Friday, the nation will be watching to see in what other areas she will leave her mark.
Five years after moving into the White House, and without a re-election campaign to worry about, she has more room to relax in her role and, political watchers say, possibly become more vocal on political issues in the three years left in office.
So far, critics have complained about Michelle's silence on issues where they expected to hear her voice: Last year, at the start of her husband's second term, she disappointed advocates for tighter gun-control measures after she failed to push harder on the issue in response to the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. She also disappointed some feminists who wanted her to defend their causes instead of falling back on her self-described role as the nation's "mom-in-chief." Nor did she handle racial issues during her second term, as some had expected.
"The most important thing to remember is, whether you are black, white or Hispanic, you're the first lady and the president of all the people in the United States. That's a huge melting pot, so to reinforce that she's African American over anything else would not be wise," said Anita McBride, who directs programming and national conferences on the legacies of America's first ladies and their historical influence at American University.
Valerie Jarrett, a top White House adviser and a close friend of the Obamas, said the first lady doesn't want to " _ "
"She really wants to have a maximum impact and to do that in fewer areas," Jarrett told the Associated Press. "That, she said, "is better than trying to take on every single possible cause."
But Robert Watson, a Lynn University professor, said he expects Obama to "go a little harder at issues" over the next several years. "Second-term first ladies usually feel more at ease to speak more forcefully about issues close to their heart," he said.
Myra Gutin, a Ryder University communications professor and frequent lecturer on first ladies, said she expects Obama to continue making both of them a priority in her remaining years in the White House, given their success. Michelle launched the "Let's Move" campaign in 2010. It in particular has gained widespread support, ranging from the National Football League to the Sesame Street franchise , which even gave permission to the produce industry to use its licensed characters for free on fruits and vegetables.
"There's no such thing as a traditional first lady, not anymore in this technology-filled world. Is Mrs. Obama cutting edge? Is she an activist? No. As first ladies go, I think she's been politically careful because she does not want there to be a major flare-up that would require her husband to use his political capital to clean up," she said. "But she's not exactly just sitting in the White House pouring tea and having receptions, either." | ['Who is Myra Gutin?', 'Which campaign did Michelle Obama launch in 2010?', 'When did she turn 50?', 'What have critics complained about her silence on?', 'What massacre did she fail to push harder for gun control in response to?', 'Who is Valerie Jarrett?', 'Where is Robert Watson a professor?', 'What does he expect over the next few years?', 'What does he say about 2nd term first ladies?', 'What has gained support from the NFL to Sesame Street?', "Did Sesame Street charge money to use it's characters on fruits and veggies?"] | {'answers': ['a communications professor', "Let's Move", 'Jan. 17, 2014', 'issues where they expected to hear her voice', 'Sandy Hook Elementary School', 'a top White House adviser', 'Lynn University', 'Obama to "go a little harder at issues"', 'Second-term first ladies usually feel more at ease to speak more forcefully about issues close to their heart', 'the "Let\'s Move" campaign', 'No'], 'answers_start': [2155, 2379, 11, 568, 785, 1584, 1902, 1902, 2031, 2397, 2530], 'answers_end': [2210, 2431, 59, 664, 884, 1626, 1944, 2029, 2151, 2553, 2673]} |
3kjyx6qcm9bk0t44npsesoa4dw3vjb | My name is Sandra. Let me tell you the story of the best meal I ever had.
I was sitting on the school bench outside Springfield Elementary School, waiting to pick up my granddaughter. She is a real cutie, and I am very proud of her grades. To pass the time, I played my triangle. In my youth, I was a triangle player in a large New York band, the Black Triangles. We all wore full black costumes every time we played.
"What lovely triangle music! You make me think of a friend I had once upon a time."
A strange lady, about my age, was standing next to me, talking! She was holding a trumpet. It turns out the strange lady was my old friend and Black Triangle trumpet player Matilda. We hadn't seen each other since New York. Matilda told me she wanted to keep in touch, but couldn't remember what I looked like! We found out that all we remembered were the black costumes we always wore! It turns out; Matilda was also there to pick someone up from school.
"Well, Sandra, why don't you join me and my grandson for lunch? There is a lovely Thai place right down the road.'
We went there with my granddaughter and her grandson, and had a delicious meal. Our grandchildren got married 15 years later. | ["What is the narrator's name?", 'What is her story about?', 'Where was she sitting?', 'On what?', 'Why?', 'What is she proud of?', 'What did she do to pass the time?', 'What did she do in her youth?', 'Where?'] | {'answers': ['Sandra.', 'The best meal she ever had.', 'Outside Springfield Elementary School.', 'The school bench.', 'She was waiting to pick up her granddaughter.', 'Her grades.', 'Played her triangle.', 'She was a triangle player in a band.', 'New York.'], 'answers_start': [0, 39, 76, 76, 148, 211, 242, 282, 282], 'answers_end': [17, 73, 147, 148, 185, 241, 281, 343, 343]} |
33lkr6a5kekyskkbs5mtn6qxnv8t1d | Prosecutors are seeking additional charges against the Cleveland man accused of keeping three women captive in his home for a decade, they told a judge.
At a eight-minute hearing Wednesday, Ariel Castro, 52, kept his head down, often closing his eyes and speaking only to answer "yes" or "no" to the judge's questions.
Prosecutor Timothy McGinty told Cuyahoga County Judge Michael Russo there is a possibility of more charges.
"We are presenting additional evidence to the grand jury next week and the week after. We expect we are going to request further indictments," he said.
Castro faces 329 counts, including one count of aggravated murder for allegedly causing the unlawful termination of a pregnancy.
Castro's lawyers have filed a speedy-trial motion, which would mean the case would have to be tried by August 4. However, that deadline could change if Castro's attorneys change course and ask for more time to prepare for the case.
Russo set the next pretrial hearing for June 26 and told the prosecution and defense that any plea deal would need to be in writing. The defense has said in the past that it would be open to a plea deal if the death penalty was taken off the table.
This week, Castro entered a not guilty plea to all charges, including 139 counts of rape and 177 counts of kidnapping Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Georgina "Gina" DeJesus. Castro fathered a daughter with Berry, according to authorities.
Police have alleged Knight was impregnated by Castro five times, but he would punch her in the stomach, resulting in miscarriages and termination of all the pregnancies. | ['what did someone allegedly do?', 'who is he?', 'from where?', 'how old is he?', 'how long were the women captive?', 'who is the county attorney?', 'who is the judge?', 'what county?', 'will there be more charges?', 'how many charges is he looking at?', 'what are some charges?', 'for what?', 'what did his attorney file?', 'what does that mean?', 'could that change?', 'how?', 'and do what?', 'for what?', 'when is the next court date?', 'for what?'] | {'answers': ['kept three women captive', 'Ariel Castro', 'Cleveland', '52', 'a decade', 'Timothy McGinty', 'Judge Michael Russo', 'Cuyahoga', 'more charges', '329', 'aggravated murder', 'allegedly causing the unlawful termination of a pregnancy', 'a speedy-trial motion', 'the case would have to be tried by August 4', 'yes', "if Castro's attorneys change course", 'ask for more time to prepare', 'the case', 'June 26', 'a pretrial hearing'], 'answers_start': [80, 191, 55, 206, 123, 333, 371, 355, 417, 599, 635, 657, 745, 786, 853, 866, 906, 940, 992, 971], 'answers_end': [107, 204, 64, 208, 132, 349, 390, 363, 429, 603, 652, 714, 767, 829, 866, 902, 935, 948, 999, 987]} |
34s9dkfk73pxndqu7y7qsuvf5wdnyi | Children who spend more time reading with their parents have a greater chance of becoming better readers than those who don't. With help from their parents, children can learn techniques to improve their reading skills.
"A lot of parents think after their child learns to read, they should stop reading to them," Donna George said. "They are sadly mistaken."
George offers her services to parents at the Title I Learning Centers. She said reading aloud to children may be the most valuable thing parents can do. "It is better for children to hear things at a higher level than where they are," George said. "Parents are their child's first teacher." Parents help their children build listening, phonics , comprehension and vocabulary skills when they read aloud to them.
Before parents can identify reading problems, they should escape the enemy----television and limit the time their children spend watching television. George suggested not allowing kids to have a TV in their bedrooms, setting a schedule of when kids can watch or keeping a list of how many programs children watch. Louise Joiners said while her 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son enjoy reading, the television sometimes becomes a _ . So she tries to build the situation by suggesting books the entire family will enjoy reading together, like the Harry Potter series.
Parents who do not read themselves should not depend on their children being enthusiastic about it. If parents would read to their children at least 15 minutes every day, children would not have so many problems in school. It is the parents' job to help build that desire in their children, and of course to know what kind of books to read is also important. | ['Who should children read with to improve a skill?', 'And what skill would that improve?', 'Should parents continue reading books to their kids after they learn to read?', "What is Donna's last name?", 'And where does she work?', 'How many different skills do children build when parents read aloud to them?', 'Who or what does Miss George say is the enemy?', 'What room should children not have TVs in?', 'What book series is recommended as a family series?', 'How long per day should parents read to their children?'] | {'answers': ['Parents', 'Reading', 'Yes', 'George', 'Title I Learning Centers.', 'Four', 'television', 'bedrooms', 'the Harry Potter series', 'at least 15 minutes'], 'answers_start': [1, 0, 222, 222, 363, 651, 824, 926, 1216, 1450], 'answers_end': [220, 220, 361, 361, 435, 775, 865, 994, 1349, 1709]} |
35gmh2sv3ehhzt9f8cv90g34dzteoz | CHAPTER XXIII
THE LOSS OF THE RAFT
It was so dark under the trees that for the moment Snap did not recognize his chum. Then he uttered an exclamation of commingled wonder and alarm.
"Let go of him!" he cried. "Let go, I say!" and he caught Ham Spink by the arm.
"Capture him, fellows!" shouted Carl Dudder, and at once several of the Spink crowd fell upon Snap.
But Snap was not to be made a prisoner thus easily, and hitting out with all his might he sent Jack Voss reeling to the ground. Then he hit Ike Akley in the nose.
"Ouch!" yelled Ike, and put up his hand, to withdraw it covered with blood. "He has broken my nose!" And he fell back in alarm.
A rough and tumble struggle ensued, in which blows were given and taken freely. Snap was struck in the breast and in the cheek, but not seriously hurt. In the melee Shep managed to squirm free from those who held him and he quickly ranged up by his chum's side.
"What did you say about our outfit?" he panted.
"We've got it," answered Snap. "Come, we had better be going."
"Don't let them get away!" yelled Ham Spink, and made a jab for Snap. But just then the doctor's son hit out desperately and the rich youth received a blow in the mouth that loosened two teeth and caused him to retreat in a hurry.
For the moment the enemy were disconcerted, and taking advantage of this, Snap and Shep started on a run through the dark forest, moving as swiftly as the condition of the ground would permit. The Spink crowd came after them, shouting to them to stop. Carl Dudder called out that he would shoot if they did not halt. | ['Who caught Snap?', 'Who ordered them to do so?', 'Whose nose got broken?', 'Who broke it?', 'Did he kick him in the nose?', 'What did he do then?', 'Who lost some teeth?', 'How many?', 'What friend was able to join Snap?', 'Were did they run to?', 'Who said he would shoot them?', 'Did he actually have a gun?', 'Did Snap get hit?', 'Where?', 'Was he badly hurt?', 'Who did he knock down?', 'Did he put much effort into doing this?', 'How much?', 'What is this chapter called?'] | {'answers': ['The Spink crowd fell upon Snap', 'Carl Dudder', 'Ike', 'Snap', 'No', 'he hit him.', "The doctor's son.", 'two teeth.', 'Shep', 'The dark forest.', '. Carl Dudder.', 'unknown', 'Yes.', 'Breast and in the cheek', 'No.', 'Jack Voss', 'Yes.', 'All his might.', 'CHAPTER XXIII THE LOSS OF THE RAFT'], 'answers_start': [269, 270, 537, 372, 372, 372, 1046, 1115, 832, 1350, 1529, -1, 746, 747, 795, 424, 424, 423, 0], 'answers_end': [368, 313, 665, 665, 665, 535, 1277, 1239, 930, 1471, 1596, -1, 820, 793, 817, 499, 499, 475, 36]} |
3itxp059pwj481n0tun9h1qxempjsy | CHAPTER XXX
FERN Mullins rushed into the house on a Saturday morning early in September and shrieked at Carol, "School starts next Tuesday. I've got to have one more spree before I'm arrested. Let's get up a picnic down the lake for this afternoon. Won't you come, Mrs. Kennicott, and the doctor? Cy Bogart wants to go--he's a brat but he's lively."
"I don't think the doctor can go," sedately. "He said something about having to make a country call this afternoon. But I'd love to."
"That's dandy! Who can we get?"
"Mrs. Dyer might be chaperon. She's been so nice. And maybe Dave, if he could get away from the store."
"How about Erik Valborg? I think he's got lots more style than these town boys. You like him all right, don't you?"
So the picnic of Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers was not only moral but inevitable.
They drove to the birch grove on the south shore of Lake Minniemashie. Dave Dyer was his most clownish self. He yelped, jigged, wore Carol's hat, dropped an ant down Fern's back, and when they went swimming (the women modestly changing in the car with the side curtains up, the men undressing behind the bushes, constantly repeating, "Gee, hope we don't run into poison ivy"), Dave splashed water on them and dived to clutch his wife's ankle. He infected the others. Erik gave an imitation of the Greek dancers he had seen in vaudeville, and when they sat down to picnic supper spread on a lap-robe on the grass, Cy climbed a tree to throw acorns at them. | ['Which lake did they go to?', 'Who rushed into the house?', 'Why did he want to go on a final spree?', 'Who ended up going a long and acted like a clown?', 'Did he wear something that belonged to someone else?', 'And who did he throw an insect on?', 'What plant did they wish to not run in to ?', 'Did anyone throw an acorn?'] | {'answers': ['Lake Minniemashie', 'FERN Mullins', "To get in a spree before school starts and they're arrested", 'Dave Dyer', "Carol's hat", "Fern's", 'poison ivy', 'Yes, Cy'], 'answers_start': [898, 14, 114, 917, 979, 917, 1158, 1459], 'answers_end': [915, 26, 194, 926, 990, 1024, 1222, 1492]} |
3md9plukkiexs30z3k99614hbvwnzy | CHAPTER XXVII--A SENTENCE
"What should we give for our beloved?" - E. B. BROWNING.
No sooner had the visitors departed than the others now out of quarantine appeared at Vale Leston. Angela was anxious to spend a little time there, and likewise to have Lena overhauled by Tom May. The child had never really recovered, and was always weakly; and whereas on the journey, Lily, now in high health, was delighted with all she saw, though she could not compare Penbeacon to Adam's Peak, Lena lay back in Sister Angela's arms, almost a dead weight, hardly enduring the bustle of the train, though she tried not to whine, as long as she saw her pink Ben looking happy in his cage.
Angela was an experienced nurse, and was alarmed at some of the symptoms that others made light of. Mrs. Grinstead had thought things might be made easier to her if the Miss Merrifields came to meet her and hear the doctor's opinion; and Elizabeth accepted her invitation, arriving to see the lovely peaceful world in the sweet blossoming of an early May, the hedges spangled with primroses, and the hawthorns showing sheets of snow; while the pear trees lifted their snowy pyramids, and Lily in her white frock darted about the lawn in joyous play with her father under the tree, and the grey cloister was gay with wisteria.
Angela was sitting in the boat, safely moored, with a book in her hand, the pink cockatoo on the gunwale, nibbling at a stick, and the girl lying on a rug, partly on her lap. Phyllis and Anna, who had come out on the lawn, made Elizabeth pause. | ["What is Angela's job?", 'Who is meeting her?', 'What month is it?', 'What color are the hawthorns?', 'Why is Miss Merrifields seeing Angela?', 'Whose idea was it?', 'Where did Angela want to spend time?', 'Who is sick?', 'Which one?', 'Who was Angela holding on the train?'] | {'answers': ['care person', 'Miss Merrifields', 'May', 'white', "to hear the doctor's opinion", 'Mrs. Grinstead', 'quarantine', 'The child', 'Lily', 'Lena'], 'answers_start': [505, 851, 1033, 1100, 889, 782, 152, 286, 375, 487], 'answers_end': [525, 867, 1036, 1114, 914, 796, 162, 296, 379, 492]} |
3sepori8wnzq8k6aug44kvkhbd2za8 | Mexico City (CNN) -- The leader of Mexico's leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, announced Tuesday that he has asked Mexico's Federal Election Institute for a recount of the ballots cast in Sunday's presidential election.
Lopez Obrador's demand came the day after he said the vote had been "plagued by irregularities."
Election authorities have projected Lopez Obrador as the runner-up in the vote.
Mexico's presumed president-elect, Enrique Peña Nieto, said Monday it was time for his country to leave behind the political rancor of campaign season.
Political tensions flare after Mexican presidential vote
The Federal Election Institute, known by its Spanish acronym IFE, says it expects the final count results Sunday. That's when each of the approximately 143,000 polling stations are supposed to have finished counting votes and signed an "act" detailing the number of votes.
Wednesday marks the beginning of the district count, in which each of the 300 electoral districts will scrutinize the acts.
Ballots will be recounted in cases where:
-- The difference between the first and second place candidate is 1% or less;
-- The number of annulled votes is greater than the difference between the first and second place candidates.
Ana Isabel Fuentes, international coordinator of information for IFE, said she expects the law to mandate recounts in 19 districts, representing about a third of the total ballots cast.
Lopez Obrador must wait until Sunday to formally submit any application for a recount to the Federal Election Tribunal. Any candidate can challenge, but National Action Party candidate Josefina Vazquez Mota has already conceded. | ['Who is Andres Manuel Lopez?', 'What did ask for?', 'of what?', 'When were they cast?', 'What type of election was it?', 'was he running in the election?', 'did he win?', 'When will the results be ready?', 'Who is anticipating the results', 'What else are they known by?', 'When does the district count start?', 'How many districts are there?', 'How many polling stations?', 'What percentage does the difference in votes need to be for a recount?', 'When can Obrador turn in his request for a recount?', 'Who will he give it to?', 'Who conceded the race?', 'What party is he with?', 'Who is Fuentes?', 'What does she anticipate?'] | {'answers': ["The leader of Mexico's leftist Party", 'a recount', 'ballots cast', 'Sunday', 'presidential', 'yes', 'no', 'Sunday', 'The Federal Election Insitute', 'IFE', 'Wednesday', '300', '143,000', 'one or less', 'Sunday', 'the Federal Election Tribunal', 'Josefina Vazquez Mota', 'National Action Party', 'the international coordinator of information for IFE', 'the law to mandate recounts'], 'answers_start': [21, 140, 192, 209, 235, 359, 359, 726, 654, 654, 929, 991, 788, 1101, 1479, 1528, 1664, 1632, 1291, 1361], 'answers_end': [107, 256, 257, 256, 257, 439, 437, 767, 766, 718, 980, 1027, 831, 1176, 1565, 1597, 1707, 1680, 1359, 1421]} |
304sm51wa34yqipo52asjd7k7s9sb2 | CHAPTER VII.
As soon as dinner was over, Elizabeth went up to her own room, and was followed in a few moments by Anne, who found her putting on her bonnet and cloak. 'Can you be going out in such weather as this?' exclaimed she.
'Yes,' said Elizabeth; 'I must
"Let content with my fortunes fit, Though the rain it raineth every day."'
'But what are the fortunes which oblige you to go out?' said Anne.
'The fortunes of an old woman to whom Kate or I read every Friday,' said Elizabeth, 'and the fortunes of various young school-children, who must be prepared for Papa or Mr. Walker to catechize in Church on Sunday.'
'Why do not you send Kate or Helen, instead of murdering yourself in the wet?' said Anne.
'Miss Kitty is three inches deep in the mysteries of a spencer, (I do not mean Edmund,)' said Elizabeth, 'and it will not be out of her head these three days, at least not till she has made Mamma's old black satin gown into one after Harriet's pattern; I heard her asking for it as I came up-stairs.'
'And would not Helen go?' said Anne; 'she does not catch cold as easily as you do.'
'Helen has contrived, somehow or other,' said Elizabeth, 'to know no more about the school-children than if they were so many Esquimaux; besides, anyone with any experience of Helen's ways, had rather walk ninety miles in the rain, than be at the pains of routing her out of the corner of the sofa to do anything useful.' | ['what was the weather like', 'who is deep in the mysteries of spencer', 'what happened after dinner', 'who followed', 'how long had it been raining', 'who did kate and anne read to', 'who was going out in the weather', 'who did not catch cold easily', 'why was elizabeth going out', 'did she have a bonnet', 'what about a cloak', 'who was elizabeth speaking to', 'who did she suggest go instead of Elizabeth'] | {'answers': ['rainy', 'Miss Kitty', 'Elizabeth went to her room', 'Anne', 'unknown', 'an old woman', 'Elizabeth', 'Helen', 'to read to the woman', 'yes', 'yes', 'Anne', 'Kate or Helen'], 'answers_start': [266, 722, 15, 82, -1, 413, 169, 1025, 413, 121, 121, 115, 630], 'answers_end': [337, 783, 76, 119, -1, 477, 264, 1105, 478, 157, 166, 231, 663]} |
3p1l2b7ad1pv5zj7pyiddbtomt9ol5 | London (CNN) -- So, after a mere half-century, German pharmaceutical firm Gruenenthal has decided to apologize for the devastating effects its drug, thalidomide, had on thousands of babies and their families around the world, myself included. Is this a reason to celebrate? Is it even a reason for cautious optimism, or is it simply a piece of news management designed to salvage what is left of its corporate reputation?
Gruenenthal's chief executive, Harald Stock, made the apology Friday as he inaugurated a memorial to those affected in Stolberg, Germany, where the company is based.
I was aware of Herr Stock long before his name was flashed around newsrooms all over the world when he made his momentous announcement.
Together with others, I've been campaigning for justice for the global thalidomide community for the past decade.
At one point Herr Stock, who replaced Sebastian Wirtz as head of Gruenenthal, agreed to a meeting.
We held preliminary discussions, however the process broke down acrimoniously before we ever got to meet Herr Stock after it became clear to all of us that the company had no intention of negotiating a lasting settlement -- one that would have kept them out of the headlines forever and which would have left the Wirtz family with its considerable fortune intact.
Personal account: A life shaped by bad medicine
So why the apology now? I think it is not unconnected with successful litigation in Australia that has resulted in a multi-million dollar settlement for a hitherto unrecognized thalidomide survivor, Lynette Rowe. Although the settlement was achieved at the expense of the British and Australian successor company to the distributor of thalidomide, Diageo, Gruenenthal was also named in proceedings. The writing was spray-painted on the wall for Mr Stock and the board of Gruenenthal. | ['Did someone apologize?', 'Who?', 'Of what company?', 'What was his name?', 'When did he apologize?', 'Was someone replaced?', 'Who was replaced?', 'Who replaced him?', 'In what position?', 'How long was the campaign?', 'Where was the company based?', 'What city in germany?', 'What was he apologizing for?', 'Effects of what drug?', 'How many were affected?', 'Were only adults affected?', 'Who were all affected?', 'What was inaugurated?', 'When?', 'Was Stock unknown prior?'] | {'answers': ['Yes', 'The chief executive', 'Gruenenthal', 'Harald Stock', 'Friday', 'yes', 'Sebastian Wirtz', 'Herr Stock', 'The head of Gruenenthal', 'Over 10 years', 'Germany', 'Stolberg', 'Bad drug effects', 'thalidomide', '1000s', 'No', 'Babies and their families', 'A memorial', 'Friday', 'No'], 'answers_start': [424, 424, 74, 424, 424, 846, 846, 846, 846, 730, 424, 521, 91, 114, 118, 118, 162, 454, 424, 592], 'answers_end': [492, 453, 86, 492, 492, 943, 945, 899, 945, 844, 589, 590, 161, 161, 225, 242, 242, 552, 522, 668]} |
31hq4x3t3saa3rb0wfzmxg3pjfrls8 | On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.
Two 12-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they'd rowed beyond the calm waters, a beach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.
Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.
"Everything went quiet in my head," Tim recalls . "I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line."
Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. "At one point, I considered turning back," he says. "I wondered if I was putting my life at risk." After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close enough to yell to the boys, "Take down the umbrella!"
Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.
"Let's aim for the pier ," Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. "Can you guys swim?" he cried. "A little bit," the boys said.
Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys' faces.
"Are we almost there?" they asked again and again. "Yes," Tim told them each time.
After 30minutes, they reached the pier. | ['When did this event take place?', 'Where did it take place?', 'Who was the hero?', 'Who did he save?', 'How old were they?', 'What were they doing?', 'What caused the issue?', 'By what?', 'What was the danger the rescuer worried about?', 'How long before he arrived to the helpless children?', 'Did he come aboard?'] | {'answers': ['last August', 'at the seaside', 'Tim', 'Christian and Jack', '12', 'rowing in a boat', 'the boat was pulled into open water', 'a beach umbrella', 'the boat would be swallowed by waves', '30 minutes', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 486, 156, 156, 156, 241, 241, 485, 877, 1033], 'answers_end': [27, 154, 661, 196, 288, 239, 369, 368, 535, 978, 1088]} |
3ymtujh0dsgfkjhufn5vl4x0zhh4t4 | arXiv (pronounced "archive") is a repository of electronic preprints, known as e-prints, of scientific papers in the fields of mathematics, physics, astronomy, computer science, quantitative biology, statistics, and quantitative finance, which can be accessed online. In many fields of mathematics and physics, almost all scientific papers are self-archived on the arXiv repository. Begun on August 14, 1991, arXiv.org passed the half-million article milestone on October 3, 2008, and hit a million by the end of 2014. By 2014 the submission rate had grown to more than 8,000 per month.
The arXiv was made possible by the low-bandwidth TeX file format, which allowed scientific papers to be easily transmitted over the Internet and rendered client-side. Around 1990, Joanne Cohn began emailing physics preprints to colleagues as TeX files, but the number of papers being sent soon filled mailboxes to capacity. Paul Ginsparg recognized the need for central storage, and in August 1991 he created a central repository mailbox stored at the Los Alamos National Laboratory which could be accessed from any computer. Additional modes of access were soon added: FTP in 1991, Gopher in 1992, and the World Wide Web in 1993. The term e-print was quickly adopted to describe the articles. | ["What's the main topic?", 'When did it begin?', 'In what month?', 'And day?', 'What was the rate of submission by 2014?', 'When did they clear half-million articles?', 'Who emailed TeX files around 1990?', 'What did those email cause?', 'What did Paul Ginsparg see?', 'And what did he do about it?', 'Where would they be stored?', 'What could access that?', 'Are there other access ways?', 'How many?', 'Which one came out first?', 'In what year?', 'How many years til the next come out?', 'What was its name?', 'When was the WWW added?'] | {'answers': ['arXiv', '1991', 'August', '14th', '8,000 per month', 'October 3, 2008', 'Joanne Cohn', 'they filled mailboxes to capacity', 'He recognized the need for central storage.', 'He created a central repository mailbox.', 'Los Alamos National Laboratory', 'Any computer.', 'Yes.', 'Three', 'FTP', '1991', 'One', 'Gopher', '1993'], 'answers_start': [0, 403, 392, 399, 570, 464, 769, 883, 927, 987, 1041, 1101, 1158, 1158, 1159, 1166, 1159, 1172, 1214], 'answers_end': [6, 407, 399, 401, 585, 479, 780, 911, 966, 1026, 1071, 1113, 1218, 1219, 1162, 1170, 1186, 1178, 1218]} |
3npi0jqdao519c3dd7xjo28vp9rptl | Once there was a dog named Noodle. Noodle had two brothers named Puff and Fluff, and a sister named Polly. Noodle's best friend was a boy named Jack. Jack went to school, but the dogs stayed home all day. Jack liked to feed Noodle chicken and beef. One day Jack went to the store and bought chicken for Noodle. Jack put too much chicken in Noodle's bowl. Noodle ate up all the chicken, but then his belly hurt. Poor Noodle! Jack was sad that he had made Noodle feel sick. Jack took Noodle, Puff, and Fluff to the park to run and play. Polly stayed home because she was sick. There were so many things to see at the park. Puff found a little red ladybug. Fluff found a big gray mouse. Noodle found a long brown stick. Jack found a deep pond with three ducks in it. Everyone had a great day at the park. Then the three dogs and Jack all went back home. When they got home, Polly was asleep on the bed. Polly said she was feeling better. Jack brought Polly some chicken noodle soup to eat. Noodle, Puff, and Fluff sat on the bed with Polly eating bones and drinking milk. | ['What was the animal called?', 'what kid of animal was it?', 'How many male siblings did it have?', 'and what were their names?', 'how many female siblings?', 'what was her name?', "who was the animal's best friend?", 'and what did he do everyday?', 'did the animals go with him?', 'where did they go during the day?', 'Who went to the shop?', 'and what did he buy there?', 'what happened after the doggy had his dinner?', 'how did it make the boy feel?', 'what did he do next?', 'which ones?', "who didn't go?", 'why?'] | {'answers': ['Noodle', 'dog', 'two', 'Puff and Fluff', 'one', 'Polly', 'Jack', 'went to school', 'no', 'stayed home', 'Jack', 'chicken', 'his belly hurt', 'sad', 'took the dogs to the park', 'Noodle, Puff, and Fluff', 'Polly', 'she was sick'], 'answers_start': [16, 16, 35, 59, 85, 86, 128, 150, 170, 184, 257, 284, 386, 424, 472, 482, 534, 540], 'answers_end': [33, 33, 58, 79, 105, 105, 148, 169, 203, 203, 279, 308, 409, 470, 534, 505, 573, 573]} |
33jkghpfycuxtw1govjfyz88wr9nmc | 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 connects businesses and personal computers', 'Which is bigger, WAN or LAN', 'Which has a limited area of coverage?', 'what does LAN stand for?', 'What does WAN stand for?', 'When did demand increase?', 'What are common LAN technologies?', 'Was there a network names after an animal?', 'What animal?', 'who reported on it?', 'When?', 'Who created Ethernet?', 'When?', 'Where was the first business install at?', 'In what year was in install at the bank?', 'Where was the bank located?', 'Where did the demand increase at.', 'did it increase any where else?', 'where?', 'is Apple talk a new tech?'] | {'answers': ['the Internet', 'WAN', 'LAN', 'local area network', 'wide area network', 'in the late 1960s', 'Ethernet and Wi-Fi', 'yes', 'octopus', 'the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory', '1970', 'Xerox', '1973–1975', 'PARC', '1977', 'in New York', 'universities', 'yes', 'research labs', 'no'], 'answers_start': [373, 179, 21, 0, 194, 619, 462, 875, 874, 797, 797, 1105, 1128, 1171, 1432, 1483, 619, 619, 619, 550], 'answers_end': [458, 343, 99, 25, 217, 713, 548, 898, 898, 850, 850, 1141, 1154, 1217, 1518, 1518, 695, 695, 695, 615]} |
37q970snze8xdk7w35h3d1ubljs1s8 | In the middle of the first term of school, the entire seventh grade was tested for basic skills. Steve hurried through his tests, and continued to dream of other things. His heart was not in school, but in the woods. One day, Miss White's impatient voice broke into his daydreams. "Steve! Pay attention!" Steve turned to look at her, fixing his eyes on Miss White, as she began to go over the test results for the seventh grade. "You all did pretty well," she told the class, "except for one boy, and it breaks my heart to tell you this, but..." She hesitated, her eyes searching his face. "...The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class!" She just stared at Steve. Steve dropped his eyes. After that, it was war! Steve still wouldn't do his homework. Even as the punishments became more severe, he remained _ "Just try it! ONE WEEK!" He was unmoved. "You're smart enough! You'll see a change!" Nothing touched him. "Give yourself a chance! Don't give up on your life!" Nothing. "Steve! Please! I care about you!" Wow! Suddenly, Steve got it! Someone cared about him? Steve went home from school, thoughtful, that afternoon. Walking into the house, both parents were out. He, quickly, gathered up a jar of peanut butter, a loaf of bread, a bottle of water, and this time...his schoolbooks. The following Monday he arrived at school on time, and he waited for Miss White to enter the classroom. She walked in, all smiles! God, she was beautiful! Miss White, immediately, gave a quiz on the weekend homework. Steve hurried through the test and was the first to hand in his paper. With a look of surprise, Miss White took his paper. Obviously puzzled, she began to look it over. Miss White's face was in total shock! The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just passed his first test! From that moment nothing was the same for Steve. Life at home remained the same, but life still changed. He discovered that not only could he learn, but he was good at it! He discovered that he could understand knowledge and translate the things he learned into his own life. Steve began to go ahead! | ['Who is the main character?', 'What grade was he in?', 'Was he paying attention in school?', 'Where was his heart at?', 'What was the teacher', 'What was her name?', 'Was Steve the smartest boy in her class?', 'Did punishment help him?', 'Did Miss White care about Steve?', 'Did he finally pass the quiz?'] | {'answers': ['Steve', 'seventh', 'no', 'in the woods', 'impatient', 'Miss White', 'yes', 'no', 'yes', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [97, 44, 131, 166, 217, 226, 593, 764, 994, 1729], 'answers_end': [112, 68, 170, 216, 249, 236, 739, 824, 1034, 1797]} |
37uewgm5ht8lc57joghynrpfzeqr1l | CHAPTER XXVI
ON THE TRAIL
It was a long, wet sail up the coast with the wind ahead, and Carroll was quite content when, on reaching Comox, Vane announced his intention of stopping there until the mail came in. Immediately after its arrival, Carroll went ashore, and came back empty-handed.
"Nothing," he reported. "Personally, I'm pleased. Nairn could have advised us here if there had been any striking developments since we left the last place."
"I wasn't expecting to hear from him," Vane replied tersely.
Carroll read keen disappointment in his face, and was not surprised, although the absence of any message meant that it was safe for them to go on with their project and that should have afforded his companion satisfaction. The latter sat on deck, gazing somewhat moodily across the ruffled water toward the snow-clad heights of the mainland range. They towered, dimly white and majestic, above a scarcely-trodden wilderness, and Carroll, at least, was not pleasantly impressed by the spectacle. Though not to be expected always, the cold snaps are now and then severe in those wilds. Indeed, at odd times a frost almost as rigorous as that of Alaska lays its icy grip upon the mountains and the usually damp forests at their feet.
"I wish I could have got a man to go with us, but between the coal development and the logging, everybody's busy," he remarked.
"It doesn't matter," Vane assured him. "If we took a man along and came back unsuccessful, there'd be a risk of his giving the thing away. Besides, he might make trouble in other respects. A hired packer would probably kick against what you and I may have to put up with." | ['Was there any mail at Comox?', 'How did Carroll feel about that?', 'But was Carroll?', 'When there was no mail did that mean that it OK to go on?', 'Where was Vane sitting?', 'What was he doing there?', 'At What?', 'Was Carroll happy about what he saw?', 'Could it get cold there?', 'As cold as where?'] | {'answers': ['No', 'Vane was didsppointed', 'unknown', 'yes', 'on deck', 'gazing somewhat moodily', 'the snow-clad heights of the mainland range', 'was not pleasantly impressed', 'yes', 'Alaska'], 'answers_start': [274, 495, -1, 629, 756, 766, 821, 967, 1048, 1162], 'answers_end': [294, 499, -1, 665, 764, 789, 865, 995, 1070, 1168]} |
33l7pjkhcgyg3k4wrqv82gd50u38tm | CHAPTER XVI Old Man Coyote is Very Crafty.
Coyote has a crafty brain; His wits are sharp his ends to gain.
There is nothing in the world more true than that. Old Man Coyote has the craftiest brain of all the little people of the Green Forest or the Green Meadows. Sharp as are the wits of old Granny Fox, they are not quite so sharp as the wits of Old Man Coyote. If you want to fool him, you will have to get up very early in the morning, and then it is more than likely that you will be the one fooled, not he. There is very little going on around him that he doesn't know about. But once in a while something escapes him. The coming of Paddy the Beaver to the Green Forest was one of these things. He didn't know a thing about Paddy until Paddy had finished his dam and his house, and was cutting his supply of food for the winter.
You see, it was this way: When the Merry Little Breezes of Old Mother West Wind first heard what was going on in the Green Forest and hurried around over the Green Meadows and through the Green Forest to spread the news, as is their way, they took the greatest pains not to even hint it to Old Man Coyote because they were afraid that he would make trouble and perhaps drive Paddy away. The place that Paddy had chosen to build his dam was so deep in the Green Forest that Old Man Coyote seldom went that way. So it was that he knew nothing about Paddy, and Paddy knew nothing about him for some time. | ['What is the name of this chapter?', 'what kind of brain does he have', 'how are his wits?', 'is there anything more true?'] | {'answers': ['Old Man Coyote is Very Crafty', 'a crafty brain', 'sharp', 'His wits are sharp his ends to gain'], 'answers_start': [12, 45, 72, 72], 'answers_end': [42, 71, 108, 160]} |
37td41k0ah9h0nhuj26nuxd2o2acs7 | CHAPTER XXXII.
AN INTERESTING LETTER.
To Andy and Matt it looked as if the entire turn-out must slide down the hillside to the bottom, there to be smashed into a hundred pieces.
It was small wonder, therefore, that both gave a loud cry of alarm and that both caught at the lines to lead Billy away from the danger so imminent.
The horse continued to move ahead, but instead of drawing closer to the inside, he walked upon the very outer edge of the road.
"I'll lead him!" cried Andy, and while Matt continued to hold the lines, he sprang out and caught Billy by the bridle.
Ordinarily, the faithful animal would have come along willingly, but he now seemed to grow obstinate, and pulled back when Andy caught hold. The wagon stopped, and then the rear wheels were sent partly down the slope.
"Pull him up!" cried Matt. "Pull him, Andy!"
"He won't come!" gasped Andy, tugging at the bridle with might and main.
"But he must come! The wagon will go down in another second!"
"I can't help it, I can't make him come," panted Andy, between his clinched teeth, as he renewed the struggle to bring the wagon up on the level once more.
Tying the lines fast, Matt sprang out. He had seen a loose stone of fair size close at hand, and this he now picked up. Running around to the rear of the wagon, he placed it on the sloping ground so that one of the wheels was blocked from further slipping. | ['Who was in potential peril by going to the edge?', 'Is he human?', 'what is he?', 'what is he attached to?', 'What happened to the back part of the wagon?', 'Who was trying to stop that going further?', 'anyone else?', 'Was the animal cooperative?', 'who tried to keep ahold of him?', 'what did he grab on to?', 'was the horse normally cooperative?', 'Could Andy make him cooperate by holding on?', 'What did Matt do first to assist?', 'What had caught his visual attention?', 'was it nearby or far away?', 'did he touch it?', 'where did he sprint to with it?', 'where did he place it?', 'what did it prevent from happening?', 'were they on a flat road or a high ground?'] | {'answers': ['Billy', 'no', 'a horse', 'a wagon', 'the rear wheels went partly down the slope.', 'Andy', 'Matt', 'no', 'Andy', 'the bridle', 'yes', 'no', 'Tyed the lines', 'He saw a loose stone', 'close at hand', 'yes', 'the rear of the wagon', 'on the sloping ground', 'further slipping', 'no'], 'answers_start': [287, 293, 335, 727, 746, 834, 807, 853, 688, 556, 586, 993, 1150, 1189, 1203, 1247, 1270, 1311, 1345, 1311], 'answers_end': [333, 344, 368, 745, 804, 850, 830, 881, 726, 582, 649, 1031, 1187, 1241, 1241, 1269, 1310, 1346, 1406, 1346]} |
3qfufysy9yf51eztk30640iz7xt4ft | Jean is a bright young woman from a rich and famous family. She goes to a good university and has almost everything that money can buy. But the people in Jean's family are so busy that they can hardly find time to be with her. In fact, Jean is quite lonely. So Jean spends a lot of her time on QQ. She likes being anonymous talking to people who do not know about her famous family and her rich life. She uses the name Linda on QQ and made a lot of friends. Last year Jean made a very special friend on QQ. His name was David and he lived in San Francisco. David was full of stories and jokes. He and Jean had the same interests in rock music and modern dance. So it always took them many hours to talk happily on QQ and sometimes they even forgot the time. Of course, they wanted to know more about each other. David sent a picture of himself: he was a tall, good-looking young man with big, happy smile. As time went by, they became good friends and often sent cards and small things to each other. When Jean's father told her that he was going on a business trip to San Francisco, she asked him to let her go with him, so that she could give David a surprise for his birthday. She would take him the latest DVD of the rock singer they liked most. But when Jean knocked in David's door in San Francisco, she found that the special friend she had written to was a twelve-year-old boy named Jim! | ['How old was Jim?', 'Who did he impersonate?', 'Where did he live?', 'Where did they meet?', 'what was her pseudonym?', 'What was the online buddy full of?', 'What did they both like?', 'What photo was sent?', 'How did he look?', 'Who went on a trip?', 'Why?'] | {'answers': ['twelve', 'David', 'San Francisco', 'on QQ', 'Linda', 'stories and jokes', 'rock music and modern dance', 'a picture of David', 'tall, good-looking young man with big, happy smile', 'Jean and her father', "Jean's father was going on a business trip"], 'answers_start': [1363, 1250, 507, 458, 401, 557, 594, 812, 845, 1001, 1005], 'answers_end': [1395, 1395, 555, 505, 430, 592, 659, 904, 904, 1120, 1065]} |
3yw4xosqkqldsxz0sac3s2cz6dq1uv | CHAPTER XIV: Three Vain And Foolish Wishes
There's nothing so foolishly silly and vain As to wish for a thing you can never attain. --Old Granny Fox.
We all know that, yet most of us are just foolish enough to make such a wish now and then. I guess you have done it. I know I have. Peter Rabbit has done it often and then laughed at himself afterwards. I suspect that even shrewd, clever old Granny Fox has been guilty of it more than once. So it is not surprising that Reddy Fox, terribly hungry as he was, should do a little foolish wishing.
When he left home to go to the Old Pasture, in the hope that he would be able to find something to eat there, he started off bravely. It was cold, very cold indeed, but his fur coat kept him warm as long as he was moving. The Green Meadows were glistening white with snow. All the world, at least all that part of it with which Reddy was acquainted, was white. It was beautiful, very beautiful, as millions of sparkles flashed in the sun. But Reddy had no thought for beauty; the only thought he had room for was to get something to put in the empty stomachs of himself and Granny Fox.
Jack Frost had hardened the snow so that Reddy no longer had to wade through it. He could run on the crust now without breaking through. This made it much easier, so he trotted along swiftly. He had intended to go straight to the Old Pasture, but there suddenly popped into his head a memory of the shelter down in a far corner of the Old Orchard which Farmer Brown's boy had built for Bob White. Probably the Bob White family were there now, and he might surprise them. He would go there first. | ['What season is it?', 'What kind of animal is Reddy?', 'Does he live alone?', 'Who lives with him?', 'Have they recently eaten?', 'How long has it been?', 'What was his original destination?', 'Did he get sidetracked?', 'Does he decide to go somewhere else on the way?', 'Where?', "Who's shelter is it?", 'Did he build it?', 'How did he get it?', 'Does Bob live alone?', 'Who does he live with?', 'Why is Reddy going to the shelter?', 'Does he sink in the snow?', 'Why not?', 'Is he going fast?', 'Is he traveling by foot?'] | {'answers': ['winter', 'Fox', 'no', 'Granny Fox', 'no', 'unknown', 'Old Pasture', 'no', 'yes', 'shelter down in a far corner of the Old Orchard', 'Bob White.', 'no', "Farmer Brown's boy built it for him", 'no', 'family', 'to surprise them', 'no', 'Jack Frost had hardened it', 'yes', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [683, 480, 1123, 396, 484, -1, 581, 989, 1433, 1437, 1524, 1491, 1491, 1548, 1557, 1594, 1219, 1138, 1219, 1275], 'answers_end': [714, 483, 1135, 406, 500, -1, 592, 1024, 1520, 1485, 1534, 1520, 1520, 1565, 1565, 1607, 1249, 1170, 1231, 1329]} |
3s0tnuhwkti9mv8z50vtxcvjy9bd87 | Switzerland (/ˈswɪtsərlənd/), officially the Swiss Confederation (Latin: Confoederatio Helvetica, hence its abbreviation CH), is a country in Europe. While still named the "Swiss Confederation" for historical reasons, modern Switzerland is a federal directorial republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities, called Bundesstadt ("federal city").[note 3] The country is situated in Western and Central Europe,[note 4] and is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east. Switzerland is a landlocked country geographically divided between the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura, spanning an area of 41,285 km2 (15,940 sq mi). While the Alps occupy the greater part of the territory, the Swiss population of approximately 8 million people is concentrated mostly on the Plateau, where the largest cities are to be found: among them are the two global and economic centres, Zürich and Geneva. | ['What is to the west and north of Switzerland?', 'What divides Switzerland?', 'what is there population?', '2 economic centres?', 'what other countries surround its boarders?', 'What is their historical name?', 'where are the largest cities found?', 'what are the names of the 2 economic centres found there?', 'Geographically where is the country situated?', 'how many cantons are there in Switzerland?', 'What are the countries federal city?', 'what country is to the west?', 'What kind of republic is it?', 'What is its Latin abbreviation?', 'how many nations surround its boarders?', 'how big are the alps?', 'how large is the area spanning Jura?', 'what is Bundesstadt considered?', 'Does the mountain span a large part of Switzerland?', 'Where do many of the people live?'] | {'answers': ['France to the west and Germany to the north', 'the Alps', '8 million', 'yes', 'Italy France Germany Austria and Liechtenstein', 'Swiss Confederation', 'the Plateau', 'Zürich and Geneva', 'the Alps, the Swiss Plateau and the Jura', '26', 'Bundesstadt', 'France', 'a federal directorial republic', 'CH', 'five', 'unknown', '41,285 km2', 'the seat of the federal authorities', 'yes', 'on the Plateau'], 'answers_start': [494, 615, 792, 928, 461, 171, 872, 962, 579, 271, 346, 494, 225, 66, 461, -1, 688, 297, 741, 830], 'answers_end': [534, 654, 846, 978, 577, 216, 926, 997, 686, 295, 381, 512, 271, 123, 577, -1, 718, 345, 790, 884]} |
3u8ycdagxpgltf71fioy4ww0yx8q00 | New York (CNN) -- A 35-year-old woman on a first date plummeted to her death early Thursday morning when she fell from the balcony of her 17th floor New York City apartment.
Jennifer Rosoff went outside on her balcony around 12:50 a.m. Thursday to talk and smoke a cigarette with her date when the balcony's railing broke, according to police.
It's unclear whether Rosoff leaned on the balcony, causing it to give way.
She landed on a second-story construction scaffolding of the building and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Rosoff's employer, online advertising startup TripleLift, released a statement expressing sorrow at the news of her death.
"We are all deeply saddened by the sudden and tragic loss of our dear friend and co-worker," the statement said. "Her tremendous energy and humor brought so much joy to the office."
Richard Dansereau, managing director of Stonehenge Management LLC, the company that manages the building, also released a statement.
"This is a tragedy, and our sincere condolences go out to the family and friends of Ms. Rosoff," he said. "We are cooperating fully with the investigation into the cause of this terrible accident."
A statement provided to CNN from the New York City Department of Buildings said the agency is investigating and issued a vacate order for all balconies in the building as a precaution.
According to her Linkedin profile, Rosoff worked as director of sales at TripleLift for the past five months and had previously held positions at The New Yorker, Conde Nast and Cosmopolitan magazine. | ['Who fell from a balcony?', 'What was her name?', 'How old was she?', 'How many stories did she fall?', 'Whose apartment was she at?'] | {'answers': ['A woman', 'Jennifer Rosoff', '35', '17', 'hers'], 'answers_start': [18, 176, 20, 105, 134], 'answers_end': [37, 192, 38, 149, 174]} |
39u1bhvtdlru2nyqf90cbz5ulhf3tc | In logic, a logical connective (also called a logical operator, sentential connective, or sentential operator) is a symbol or word used to connect two or more sentences (of either a formal or a natural language) in a grammatically valid way, such that the value of the compound sentence produced depends only on that of the original sentences and on the meaning of the connective.
The most common logical connectives are binary connectives (also called dyadic connectives) which join two sentences which can be thought of as the function's operands. Also commonly, negation is considered to be a unary connective.
Logical connectives along with quantifiers are the two main types of logical constants used in formal systems such as propositional logic and predicate logic. Semantics of a logical connective is often, but not always, presented as a truth function.
A logical connective is similar to but not equivalent to a conditional operator.
In the grammar of natural languages two sentences may be joined by a grammatical conjunction to form a "grammatically" compound sentence. Some but not all such grammatical conjunctions are truth functions. For example, consider the following sentences:
The words "and" and "so" are "grammatical" conjunctions joining the sentences (A) and (B) to form the compound sentences (C) and (D). The "and" in (C) is a "logical" connective, since the truth of (C) is completely determined by (A) and (B): it would make no sense to affirm (A) and (B) but deny (C). However, "so" in (D) is not a logical connective, since it would be quite reasonable to affirm (A) and (B) but deny (D): perhaps, after all, Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water, not because Jack had gone up the hill at all. | ['What is a logical connective?', 'What is it also known as?', 'What are the most common connectives?', 'Is a logic connective the same as a conditional operator?', 'What is negation?', 'What can be used in natural language to join two sentences?', 'Are grammatical conjunctions truth functions?', 'What are examples of gramatical conjunctions?', 'Who went up the hill?', 'What was she after?', 'Did jack go up the hill?'] | {'answers': ['a symbol or word used to connect two or more sentences', 'a logical operator', 'binary connectives', 'its similar to but not equivalent', 'a unary connective.', 'a grammatical conjunction', 'Some', 'The words "and" and "so" are "grammatical" conjunctions joining the sentences (A) and (B) to form the compound sentences (C) and (D).', 'Jill', 'a pail of water', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [10, 10, 383, 870, 552, 971, 1089, 1208, 1650, 1649, 1698], 'answers_end': [169, 109, 441, 951, 617, 1089, 1158, 1342, 1743, 1696, 1743]} |
3ejjqnku9r5wggsxq5kjfe5mgzqrhg | (CNN) -- A worldwide Jewish rights organization is pushing Hungarian authorities to prosecute a man it claims is a Nazi war criminal, recently discovered in Budapest, Hungary, who allegedly sent more than 15,000 Jews to Auschwitz in the spring of 1944.
The Simon Wiesenthal Center found Ladislaus Csizsik-Csatary as part of its "Last Chance" project, said Efraim Zuroff, director of the center's Israel office.
The center cooperated with British tabloid The Sun to photograph Csizsik-Csatary, who reportedly is 97, and ask him questions, Zuroff said. "We're the ones who found him; they're the ones who photographed him."
Csizsik-Csatary served as a senior Hungarian police officer in the city of Kosice, which is now in Slovakia but was under Hungarian rule in the 1940s, the center said. He topped the Wiesenthal Center's 2012 list of most wanted Nazi war criminals.
"He was a commander of a ghetto," Zuroff told CNN.
Report: Hitler ordered reprieve for Jewish man
Csizsik-Csatary participated in the deportation of 15,700 Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944, witnesses have told the center. He also played a role in "deportations to the Ukraine to be killed -- 300 Jews," Zuroff said.
"We found eyewitnesses on three different continents," Zuroff said. Those witnesses told the center about Csizsik-Csatary's cruelty to Jewish detainees and his role in the deportations to Auschwitz and Ukraine.
Confronted by a Sun reporter, Csizsik-Csatary denied the allegations, the tabloid reported Sunday.
A witness to the August 1941 Ukraine deportations had nine family members who were deported, he told CNN. Csizsik-Csatary made sure four of them were brought back from forced labor with the Hungarian army so they would be deported and killed, according to Zuroff. | ['Who is pushing to prosecute a man it claims to be a Nazi war criminal?', 'Where was he discovered?', 'Who did the center colaberate with to get a photograph of the man?', 'What project led the orginization to find him?', 'How many different continents did they find eyewitnesses?', 'What is the name of the organization that found him?', 'What did Zuroff say to CNN?', 'When confronted by The Sun did he deny the allegation?', 'How old is the man currently?', 'Which City did he serve as a Hungarian police officer?'] | {'answers': ['Jewish rights organization', 'Budapest', 'The Sun', '"Last Chance"', 'three', 'The Simon Wiesenthal Center', 'Csizsik-Csatary participated in the deportation of 15,700 Jews to the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1944', 'Yes', '97', 'Kosice'], 'answers_start': [21, 143, 415, 255, 1216, 255, 979, 1458, 496, 691], 'answers_end': [47, 164, 465, 413, 1267, 314, 1085, 1496, 517, 709]} |
3qavnhz3em463vp6ffdvcg9jw24lah | John is six years old. He can read and write well. But he can't tell the time. His mother, Mrs Brown teaches him many times, but he still can't tell. He would say "breakfast time" "lunchtime" and "teatime" instead of saying eight o'clock, twelve o'clock and four o'clock in the afternoon. His mother doesn't know how to help him One day, John's aunt, Mary, comes to see his mother. His mother tells her about that. His aunt says, "Let me help you. I think I can help him." When John comes home after school, Mary begins to teach him. "Can you _ , John?" she asks. "Yes. One, two, three, four..." John says. "That's fine. Now I put the long hand on twelve and the short hand on one-that is one o'clock If I put the short hand on two, what is the time?" "Two o'clock " "Good. And on three?" "Three o'clock. " Then it is four o'clock in the afternoon, and John's aunt asks him, "What time is it now, John?" "Teatime, Aunt, and I am very hungry ," John looks at the clock and answers. | ['Who is Mary?', 'How old is John?', 'What is he having trouble learning?', 'Is anyone trying to help him?', 'Who?', 'Is it working?'] | {'answers': ["John's aunt", 'six', 'the time', 'yes', 'Mrs Brown', 'no'], 'answers_start': [338, 8, 64, 91, 91, 125], 'answers_end': [349, 11, 77, 100, 100, 150]} |
3kjyx6qcm9bk0t44npsesoa4e3jvj6 | (CNN) -- We first thought about starting this piece with the story of Saleha Begum, a survivor of Bangladesh's 1971 war in which, some reports say, as many as 400,000 women were raped. Begum had been tied to a banana tree and repeatedly gang raped and burned with cigarettes for months until she was shot and left for dead in a pile of women. She didn't die, though, and was able to return home, ravaged and five months pregnant. When she got home she was branded a "slut."
We also thought of starting with the story of Ester Abeja, a woman in Uganda who was forcibly held as a "bush wife" by the Lord's Resistance Army. Repeated rape with objects destroyed her insides. Her captors also made her kill her 1-year-old daughter by smashing the baby's head into a tree.
We ran through a dozen other stories of women like Begum and Abeja, and finally realized that it would be too difficult to find the right one -- the tale that would express exactly how and in what ways sexualized violence is being used as a weapon of war to devastate women and tear apart communities around the world, conflict by conflict, from Libya to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
It is because of this complexity that we must understand how sexualized violence is being used. We must understand in order to stop it -- just as, when seeking to defuse a bomb, it is crucial to know its components. Both the World Health Organization and the U.N. Security Council have recognized that there is a lack of research on the nature and extent of sexualized violence in conflict, even as there is increasing demand from U.N. bodies, donors, and others for better analysis to work toward prevention and healing. | ['Where did Salena Begum live?', 'Was there a war going on there?', 'When?', 'Was Begum sexually assaulted?', 'For how long?', 'Did her assaulters free her?', 'Did she manage to get back to her home?', 'Where was Ester Abeja from?', 'Did she suffer the same type of assaults as Begum?', 'Did she have any children?'] | {'answers': ['Bangladesh', 'Yes.', '1971', 'Yes.', 'For months.', 'Yes', 'Yes.', 'Uganda', 'Yes.', 'Yes.'], 'answers_start': [4, 86, 86, 0, 224, 353, 367, 519, 562, 672], 'answers_end': [129, 129, 130, 474, 285, 474, 394, 560, 649, 769]} |
3r3yrb5grf39mlc0ot5w3352a1juan | Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, has died at the age of 82. Many people paid tribute to the former astronaut. But other people feel regret that no human has been back to the moon since 1972, just three years after Armstrong landed on it and gave his famous "giant leap for mankind" speech.
Elliot Pulham, Chief Executive of the Space Foundation, thinks that America's space agency NASA should get more money, like in the 1960s, during the moon landings programme, when astronauts went to the moon. "In this age of limited goals and tiny NASA budgets, Armstrong is a reminder of what our nation was once capable of," he said.
Armstrong died because of heart problems after surgery. His recovery seemed to be going well, and his death was a surprise to many people. His family described him as a "reluctant American hero" and said: "Honour his example of service, and the next time you walk outside on a clear night and see the moon smiling down at you, think of Neil Armstrong and give him a wink."
Speaking from the White House, Barack Obama said Armstrong was "among the greatest of
American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time". He added: "And when Neil stepped on the
moon for the first time, it was a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten."
Buzz Aldrin flew with Armstrong on Apollo 11. He was the second man to walk on the moon. He said he was very sad at the death of his good friend and companion.
"When I look at the moon I remember that special moment, over forty years ago, when Neil and I stood on the moon," he said. "Looking back at our brilliant blue planet Earth hanging in the darkness of space, I realized that even though we were farther away from Earth than two humans
had ever been, we were not alone. Almost the entire world took that memorable journey with us. I know many millions of people around the world will join me in mourning the death of a true
American hero and the best pilot I ever knew. My friend Neil took the small step but giant leap that changed the world and will always be remembered as a historic moment in human history."
In the US, people felt that he represented the achievement of a past age of American greatness. Today, things are very different: NASA has cancelled a number of missions because they don't have enough money.
Former astronaut Eugene Cernan, the last man on the moon, said: "Neil did something that people thought was impossible." Others complained about the state of the US. Journalist Andrew Pasternak wrote: "It will take longer to rebuild lower Manhattan after 9/11 than it took to build an entire space program and send a man to the moon."
Of course, NASA has its modern successes. Its engineers have landed a nuclear-powered robot on Mars. There will also be another Mars mission. It will drill below the planet's surface. But these achievements are not as exciting as Armstrong's. NASA administrator Charles Bolden expressed that in his tribute. "As we enter this next era of space exploration, we are standing on the shoulders of Neil Armstrong," he said.
Armstrong was disappointed by what NASA has become. Blogger Eric Berger saw an email from Armstrong and other former astronauts. It expressed frustration at the current problems at NASA and quoted Yogi Berra, an American baseball legend: "If you don't know where you are
going, you might not get there." | ['What did Neil Armstrong die from?', 'Was his death unexpected?', 'What is he known for?', 'Had anybody walked on the moon before him?', 'What year was the last person walking on it?', 'And who was the last one?', 'What President honored him at the WH?', 'What did he say about Armstrong?', 'How old was he when he died?', 'Was he proud of what NASA became?', 'Who did he quote in an e-mail?'] | {'answers': ['He had heart complications', 'yes', 'Armstrong landed on it and gave his famous "giant leap for mankind" speech', 'No', '1972', 'Eugene Cernan', 'Barack Obama', '"among the greatest of American heroes - not just of his time, but of all time"', '82', 'No, disappointed.', 'Frustration with problems at NASA'], 'answers_start': [673, 745, 232, 15, 203, 2360, 1021, 1053, 51, 3100, 3230], 'answers_end': [701, 784, 306, 50, 207, 2374, 1065, 1166, 76, 3151, 3406]} |
33c7ualjvlyfu0snp7bywaua8bl81m | CHAPTER XXX
FERN Mullins rushed into the house on a Saturday morning early in September and shrieked at Carol, "School starts next Tuesday. I've got to have one more spree before I'm arrested. Let's get up a picnic down the lake for this afternoon. Won't you come, Mrs. Kennicott, and the doctor? Cy Bogart wants to go--he's a brat but he's lively."
"I don't think the doctor can go," sedately. "He said something about having to make a country call this afternoon. But I'd love to."
"That's dandy! Who can we get?"
"Mrs. Dyer might be chaperon. She's been so nice. And maybe Dave, if he could get away from the store."
"How about Erik Valborg? I think he's got lots more style than these town boys. You like him all right, don't you?"
So the picnic of Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers was not only moral but inevitable.
They drove to the birch grove on the south shore of Lake Minniemashie. Dave Dyer was his most clownish self. He yelped, jigged, wore Carol's hat, dropped an ant down Fern's back, and when they went swimming (the women modestly changing in the car with the side curtains up, the men undressing behind the bushes, constantly repeating, "Gee, hope we don't run into poison ivy"), Dave splashed water on them and dived to clutch his wife's ankle. He infected the others. Erik gave an imitation of the Greek dancers he had seen in vaudeville, and when they sat down to picnic supper spread on a lap-robe on the grass, Cy climbed a tree to throw acorns at them. | ['who went to the picnic?', 'where was it?', 'called?', 'on which bank?', 'who hurried?', 'where?', 'on what day?', 'during the night?', 'in what month?', 'did she want to do something?', 'what?', "who couldn't attend?", 'why not?', 'where?', 'what did they do at the picnic?', 'did the wear their suits on the drive?'] | {'answers': ['Carol, Fern, Erik, Cy Bogart, and the Dyers', 'at the lake', 'Lake Minniemashie', 'on the south shore', 'Fern', 'into the house', 'Saturday', 'morning', 'September', 'yes', 'to go on a picnic', 'the doctor', 'he had a call to make', 'in the country', 'they went swimming', 'no'], 'answers_start': [748, 208, 846, 883, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 14, 354, 354, 354, 1034, 1053], 'answers_end': [844, 230, 915, 915, 33, 48, 70, 70, 111, 250, 250, 388, 489, 468, 1052, 1178]} |
3dl65mzb8dfgq4cci7mi5g9noc0ce8 | Textual criticism is a branch of textual scholarship, philology, and literary criticism that is concerned with the identification of textual variants in either manuscripts or printed books. Ancient scribes made alterations when copying manuscripts by hand. Given a manuscript copy, several or many copies, but not the original document, the textual critic might seek to reconstruct the original text (the archetype or autograph) as closely as possible. The same processes can be used to attempt to reconstruct intermediate versions, or recensions, of a document's transcription history. The ultimate objective of the textual critic's work is the production of a "critical edition" containing a scholarly curated text.
Many ancient works, such as the Bible and the Greek tragedies,[citation needed] survive in hundreds of copies, and the relationship of each copy to the original may be unclear. Textual scholars have debated for centuries which sources are most closely derived from the original, hence which readings in those sources are correct.[citation needed] Although biblical books that are letters, like Greek plays, presumably had one original, the question of whether some biblical books, like the Gospels, ever had just one original has been discussed. Interest in applying textual criticism to the Qur'an has also developed after the discovery of the Sana'a manuscripts in 1972, which possibly date back to the 7–8th centuries. | ['Is the Bible ancient?', 'What other works are considered ancient?', 'How many copies do they survive in?', 'is the relationship of copies to the original always clear?', 'What type of scholars debate about the sources?', 'How long have they debated about them?', 'What are they debating about the readings?', 'What presumably had one original souce?', 'Did Greek plays also have one original?', 'Is there a question about how many originals the Gospels had?', "What type of criticism is there interest in applying to the Qur'an?", 'When did this interest develop?', 'Whose manuscript had been discovered?', 'How far back might it date?', 'Is that earlier or later than when we put a man on the moon?', 'Does Textual criticism concern itself with any books?', 'Who made alterations when they copied manuscripts?', 'How did they make copies?', 'What does the critic want to do to the original text?', 'Can the same process be used for intermediate versions?'] | {'answers': ['Yes', 'the Greek tragedies', 'hundreds', 'No', 'Textual scholars', 'for centuries', 'which sources are most closely derived from the original', 'biblical books that are letters', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'textual', 'after 1972', "Sana'a", 'to the 7–8th centuries.', 'earlier', 'yes', 'Ancient scribes', 'by hand', 'reconstruct it', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [725, 724, 800, 897, 896, 919, 919, 1075, 1114, 1156, 1286, 1328, 1364, 1365, 1425, 1, 190, 198, 337, 453], 'answers_end': [757, 781, 829, 998, 913, 941, 997, 1155, 1154, 1265, 1319, 1391, 1383, 1441, 1441, 188, 222, 255, 400, 531]} |
3fq5jj512lo2381d3j6zjmg47ownkt | A horror film is a movie that seeks to elicit a physiological reaction, such as an elevated heartbeat, through the use of fear and shocking one’s audiences. Inspired by literature from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley, the horror genre has existed for more than a century. The macabre and the supernatural are frequent themes. Horror may also overlap with the fantasy, supernatural fiction and thriller genres.
Horror films often deal with viewers' nightmares, fears, revulsions and terror of the unknown. Plots within the horror genre often involve the intrusion of an evil force, event, or personage into the everyday world. Prevalent elements include ghosts, aliens, vampires, werewolves, demons, satanism, gore, torture, vicious animals, evil witches, monsters, zombies, cannibals, psychopaths, natural or man-made disasters, and serial killers.
Some subgenres of horror include action horror, comedy horror, body horror, disaster horror, holiday horror, horror drama, psychological horror, science fiction horror, slasher horror, supernatural horror, gothic horror, natural horror, zombie horror, first-person horror and teen horror.
The first depictions of supernatural events appear in several of the silent shorts created by the film pioneer Georges Méliès in the late 1890s, the best known being "Le Manoir du Diable", which is sometimes credited as being the first horror film. Another of his horror projects was "La Caverne maudite" (1898) (a.k.a. "The Cave of the Demons", literally "the accursed cave"). Japan made early forays into the horror genre with "Bake Jizo" ("Jizo the Spook") and "Shinin no Sosei" ("Resurrection of a Corpse"), both made in 1898. The era featured a slew of literary adaptations, adapting the works of Poe and Dante, among others. In 1908, Selig Polyscope Company produced "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde". | ['How long has the horror genre been around?', 'Does it overlap with any other genres?', 'Which genres?', 'Who pioneered the depiction of supernatural events?', 'What was supposedly the first horror film?', 'When did it come out?', 'When did Japan first produce horror movies?', 'Is literature commonly adapted into horror films?', 'Do horror films often show nightmares?', 'What kinds of elements do horror films include?', 'Did the first horror film have any words?', 'How do horror films elicit reactions from audiences?'] | {'answers': ['more than a century.', 'yes', 'the fantasy, and thriller genres.', 'Georges Méliès', '"Le Manoir du Diable"', '1890', '1898', 'authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley,', 'yes', 'ghosts and demons', 'no', ', through the use of fear and shocking one’s audience'], 'answers_start': [244, 301, 370, 1255, 1336, 1281, 1548, 158, 439, 656, 1171, 1], 'answers_end': [299, 437, 438, 1296, 1418, 1358, 1700, 244, 489, 727, 1289, 154]} |
3wetl7aqwt8shln0edie8jzg4af35y | Mike likes the man. Mike is a gray, winter glove the man found in the snow. The man likes to bring lost gloves home. He puts them in a box. The gloves are warm and safe in the box. They also get to meet new friends when the man finds them and puts them in the box. Mike has made many new friends since the man found him. He has become good friends with Roger, Katie, and Jane. Two of them, Roger and Katie, were found in the snow, like Mike. Jane was not. She was found in a pile of leaves. Roger is a bright orange glove, Jane is a pink mitten, and Katie is a pink glove with purple fingers. Jane also has a friend named Rich. He is a large, black glove who the man found in a building. Mike has met him, but they are not good friends yet. They all like to play tag and talk about how much they like their new lives. Mike is really happy the man found him and he made so many new friends. | ['Where was Jane found?', 'How many in total were found in the snow?', 'Who are pink?', 'and?', 'Is katie all pink?', 'Who has a friend named Rich?', 'Where was he found?', 'Is her friends with Mike?', 'Have they met?', 'Where does the man put them all?', 'What do they do together?', 'and?', 'Is Mike happy?', 'why?', 'What color is Mike?', 'is he a mitten?', 'what is he then?', 'summer one?', "Who are Mikes's good friends?"] | {'answers': ['in a pile of leaves', 'Two', 'Katie is a pink glove', 'Jane is a pink mitten', 'pink glove with purple fingers', 'Jane', 'in a building', 'they are not good friends yet', 'Mike has met him,', 'warm and safe in the box', 'get to meet new friends', 'play tag and talk about how much they like their new lives', 'Yes', 'man found him and he made so many new friends.', 'black', 'no', 'glove', 'winter glove', 'Roger, Katie, and Jane'], 'answers_start': [469, 377, 549, 523, 561, 591, 672, 710, 687, 154, 190, 758, 818, 842, 643, 649, 648, 36, 353], 'answers_end': [488, 405, 571, 544, 591, 597, 686, 739, 705, 179, 214, 816, 838, 889, 648, 654, 654, 48, 375]} |
3vzlgyjeyla24xe35qwi43vfd32zxe | Ben lived in the same house as I did, on the same floor, his door facing mine; we often saw each other, and I knew how he lived when he was at home. And at home it was the same story: dressing-gown, nightcap, closed windows, locked doors, and -'Oh, I hope nothing bad will happen!' Vegetarian food is not good for him, yet he could not eat meat, so he ate freshwater fish with butter--not a vegetarian dish, yet one could not say that it was meat. He did not keep a female servant for fear people might think evil of him, but had as cook an old man of sixty, called Alan, who had once been an officer's servant and could cook after a fashion. This Alan was usually standing at the door with his arms folded; with a deep sigh, he would _ always the same thing: "there are plenty of them about nowadays!" | ['Where did Ben live?', 'What did he wear while at home?', 'What did he eat?', 'Did he eat meat?', 'Did he prepare the fish himself?', 'Who did?', 'Male or female?', 'What was the mans name?', 'How old was Alan?', 'Did he work anywhere before cooking for Ben?', 'Doing what?'] | {'answers': ['in the same house as I did', 'a dressing-gown', 'freshwater fish', 'no', 'no', 'a cook', 'a man', 'Alan', 'sixty', 'yes', "as an officer's servant"], 'answers_start': [0, 149, 348, 325, 525, 526, 522, 522, 520, 565, 566], 'answers_end': [36, 197, 383, 345, 557, 557, 570, 570, 570, 611, 610]} |
3snvl38ci4sjc44metxl3bms7encks | My dad runs the Blue Street Zoo. Everyone calls him the Zoo King. That means Mom is the Zoo Queen. And that means that I'm the Zoo Prince! Being a prince is very special.
I spend every morning walking around to see the zoo. It's better than any animal book. I say hello to the lions. I say woof at all of the wolves. I make faces to the penguins. Once I even gave a morning kiss to a bear! My favorite animal is the piggy. I named him Samson. He likes to eat mustard, so I toss some mustard jars into his cage every morning. I don't know why that piggy likes mustard so much.
Sometimes I walk around with the Zoo King and Zoo Queen. Then we say hello to the animals together! I really like those days. Everybody who works at the Zoo says hello to us when we walk by. At lunchtime, we all go to the Zoo restaurant and eat pork chops. I hope Samson doesn't get mad about that! | ['Who runs the zoo?', 'And what is he called?', 'Who has been kissed?', 'Who gets woofed at?', 'Who is the favorite animal?', 'Is it male or female?', 'What is his name?', 'What does he like to eat?', 'Where did they eat lunch?', 'What did they eat?'] | {'answers': ['Dad', 'The Zoo King.', 'a bear', 'the wolves.', 'the piggy.', 'Male', 'Samson.', 'mustard,', 'the Zoo restaurant', 'pork chops.'], 'answers_start': [0, 33, 354, 291, 392, 445, 424, 445, 774, 821], 'answers_end': [32, 65, 390, 318, 424, 453, 444, 469, 817, 836]} |
3r6p78pk7kbvwzaeao7wutu3pp4tg0 | Quebec ( or ; ) is one of the 13 provinces and territories of Canada. It is bordered to the west by the province of Ontario, James Bay, and Hudson Bay; to the north by Hudson Strait and Ungava Bay; to the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the province of Newfoundland and Labrador; and to the south by the province of New Brunswick and the US states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. It also shares maritime borders with Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia. Quebec is Canada's largest province by area and its second-largest administrative division; only the territory of Nunavut is larger. It is historically and politically considered to be part of Central Canada (with Ontario).
Quebec is the second-most populous province of Canada, after Ontario. It is the only one to have a predominantly French-speaking population, with French as the sole provincial official language. Most inhabitants live in urban areas near the Saint Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec City, the capital. Approximately half of Quebec residents live in the Greater Montreal Area, including the Island of Montreal. English-speaking communities and English-language institutions are concentrated in the west of the island of Montreal but are also significantly present in the Outaouais, Eastern Townships, and Gaspé regions. The Nord-du-Québec region, occupying the northern half of the province, is sparsely populated and inhabited primarily by Aboriginal peoples. The climate around the major cities is four-season continental with cold and snowy winters combined with warm to hot humid summers, but further north long winter seasons dominate and as a result the northern areas of the province are marked by tundra conditions. Even in central Quebec, at comparatively southerly latitudes, winters are severe in inland areas. | ['What language is spoken here?', 'What country is it in?', 'Is Hudson Bay on its east side?', 'where is it?', 'Does it border the US at all?', 'what is its capital?', 'where do most people live?', 'where would you find most english speaking areas?', 'What climate does the area have?', 'how aret the winters?', 'how are they in the inlands?', 'how are the summers?', 'What is the largest province by area?', 'and its the second largest what?', 'what is the largest?', 'name a US state that borders', 'it shares maritime borders with who?'] | {'answers': ['French', 'Canada', 'no', 'the west', 'yes', 'Quebec City', 'the Greater Montreal Area', 'in the west of the island of Montreal', 'four-season continental', 'cold and snowy', 'severe', 'warm to hot', 'Quebec', 'administrative division', 'the territory of Nunavut', 'New York.', 'Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia.'], 'answers_start': [714, 0, 69, 69, 286, 997, 1023, 1131, 1481, 1519, 1806, 1586, 488, 488, 488, 291, 403], 'answers_end': [908, 69, 152, 151, 401, 1021, 1095, 1248, 1611, 1571, 1840, 1611, 523, 579, 619, 402, 487]} |
3sle99er0ndvrub20u40f64nu1rbzw | Eight years ago, my 13-year-old son, Dustin, became very ill with a heart enlarged. For several months, he lived on life support as we were forced to stand by and watch him wither away. ks5u
While his friends were out playing baseball, and sleeping in their own beds, my son was in a hospital bed, attached to a machine that kept his heart beating. As a mother, my first reaction after crying was anger, and then I played the bargaining game: "Take my life for his, Lord. I've lived my life but he still has so much to do." People all around me were praying for a heart to become available, but it made me so angry and confused because I knew for that to happen, someone else's child would have to die. How could anyone pray for that?
I still remember so clearly the morning we got the call that there was a heart. As we stood in Dustin's hospital room watching them prepare him for surgery, we experienced the true definition of bittersweet. His dad and I realized that at the precise moment we were standing there with so much hope and so much love, another family somewhere was saying goodbye. We knelt down together and cried, and we prayed for them and we thanked them for giving such a selfless gift. To our amazement, just 10 days later, Dustin got to come home for the first time in many months. He had received a second chance at life. Over the next two years, he got to go to high school, learn to drive and put his brand new heart to good use volunteering at the homeless shelter and helping the elderly.
Dustin's new heart failed him when he was 16. A tragedy, yes, but we have to see it as the miracle it was. We received two precious years with him that we would never have had without organ donation. We have more pictures, more memories and a great satisfaction in knowing that he was able to experience some of the most exciting times and milestones in a teenager's life. When he died, difficult as it was for us, we knew that it would be Dustin's wish to give back. His eyes went to someone who wanted to see. Someone who, perhaps, had never seen the faces of the family he loved so dearly. I believe that one day I will look into the face of someone else's son or daughter, and I will see those sky blue eyes looking back at me -- the evidence of selfless giving. | ['who was on life support?', 'how old is Dustin?', 'who was forced?', 'forced to do what?', 'what was brand new?', 'who would have to die?', 'who was praying?', 'praying for what?', 'did a heart become available?', 'for who was the heart available to?', 'when did he get the heart?', 'did Dustin have heart surgery?', 'Was the surgery a success?', 'how did the surgery succeed?', 'when did Dustin come home?', 'what occurred 10 days later?', 'what did he do when he came home?', 'did he do anything else?', 'what else did he do?'] | {'answers': ['Dustin', '13 years old', "Dustin's family", 'stand by and watch him wither away', 'his heart', "someone else's child", 'People all around', 'for a heart to become available', 'yes', 'Dustin', 'in the morning', 'yes', 'yes', 'by allowing Dustin to come home', '10 days later', 'Dustin got to come home', 'he went to high school', 'yes', 'he learned to drive'], 'answers_start': [36, 17, 104, 132, 1422, 665, 526, 547, 779, 779, 756, 834, 1234, 1249, 1228, 1228, 1374, 1402, 1402], 'answers_end': [128, 43, 184, 184, 1445, 703, 559, 591, 817, 842, 778, 894, 1272, 1306, 1272, 1272, 1401, 1417, 1417]} |
33lk57mylt5u8gs4bgqv5venxhosz8 | Paul and Jason were brothers who lived and worked on neighbouring farms.For 35 years they farmed side by side,sharing machinery and goods as needed,without a single problem. However,one autumn,things changed.It began with a tiny disagreement about a horse,which grew into a major difference.The difference led to angry words,followed by weeks of silence between the two brothers. One morning there was a knock on Paul's door.He opened it and saw a builder holding his toolbox."I'm looking for a few days'work,"the builder said."Are there any jobs here I could help with?" "Yes,"answered Paul,extremely pleased to see the builder."I do have a job for you.Look at that farm across the creek .That's my brother's farm.That creek used to be a grass field,but last week my brother dug a path from the fiver and made the creek.But I'll _ .See that pile of wood?1 want you to build me a fence,two metres tall,so 1 won't need to see him anymore." The builder said thoughtfully."I think I understand the situation and I'll be able to do a job that pleases you." Paul had business in town that day and left the builder to his work.When he returned,the builder had just finished his job.Paul was shocked.Instead of a fence there was a bridge,stretching from one side of the creek to the other. As Paul stood on the bridge,staring in amazement,his younger brother Jason,came across,and took Paul's hand."You are a good man to have built this bridge after a11 I've done,"said Jason. Then,Paul,with tears in his eyes,said to the builder who was packing his bag to go,"Thank you so much. Please stay.I have much more for you to do." "I'd love to."the builder said quietly,"but,I have many more bridges to build." | ['Were Paul and Jason lovers?', 'What were they?', 'When did things change?', 'How many years had they worked side by side previously?', 'Doing what type of work?', 'Did they have problems during that time?', 'What did they share as needed?', 'Who in the story might be a stand-in for a Messianic character?', 'How close were the farms to each other?', 'Did the farms neighbor each other?', 'Whose eyes filled with tears?', 'Who understood the situation between the brothers?', 'What did Paul want him to build?', 'Did he build it?', "What'd he build instead?", "What'd it stretch over?", 'Did Paul like the bridge?', 'What was the builder holding when he first met him?', 'Did the builder have more bridges to build?', 'Who was older, Paul or Jason?'] | {'answers': ['no', 'brothers', 'one autumn', '35 years', 'farming', 'no', 'machinery and goods', 'the builder', 'across a creek', 'yes', 'Paul', 'the builder', 'a fence', 'no', 'a bridge', 'the creek', 'yes', 'his toolbox', 'yes', 'Paul'], 'answers_start': [0, 0, 174, 72, 85, 85, 108, 380, 654, 654, 1470, 939, 855, 1121, 1176, 1231, 1283, 425, 1632, 1331], 'answers_end': [28, 28, 207, 109, 109, 173, 149, 1697, 688, 714, 1502, 1004, 885, 1230, 1282, 1283, 1572, 476, 1696, 1358]} |
34s6n1k2zvjldixkllnnt2wna4vlh8 | Homosexual couples in New York are being married for the first time after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed a law permitting same-sex marriage in the state last month. But such marriages, though now legal in New York, remain controversial . So many couples wanted to be married on Sunday, the first day of legal homosexual marriage in New York City, that local officials announced a lottery to determine qualification. New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, herself openly gay, witnessed the first two ceremonies of same-sex marriage. She says the same-sex marriage law supports equality. "A law that says every family is as good as every other family; that every family is based on love, and is exactly the way God wants it to be," she said. Margie Phelps announced same-sex marriage as a crime against God. She and other Christians from the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas came halfway across the country to say marriage is defined by Holy Bible. "The pattern is one man and one woman for life to have children who you raise in the nurture and admonition of the Lord," she said. David Schwartz, a traditional Jew, believes every human being has free choice and the power to rule over their desires. He considers homosexual desire to be wrong. "There's one God in heaven and earth, and he has ordered for all mankind that they should limit their affections to relationships between a man and a woman in the context of marriage," he said. Douglas Robinson and his partner of 25 years, Michael Elsasser, were in the first group to be married in Manhattan. Robinson says the United States allows religious views to coexist with(...) what he believes is a civil right of same-sex marriage. "You can have different opinions. This is a tent, some people call it a mixture of various different cultures and opinions and the like, so God bless America, and we are proud to be Americans," he said. Margie Phelps believes God will punish New York City for permitting what she believes to be moral decay. Meanwhile, Nevin Cohen and Daniel Hernandez showed off their marriage certificate. But they said they will not be going on a honeymoon. They say they need to be at work in New York on Monday. | ['What is the topic?', 'What state is it about?', 'Who allowed it?', 'What day did it begin?', 'Were there many persons trying to be wed?', 'How did they handle the situation?', 'Did everyone agree with the legislation?', 'Are there religious reasons for opposing it?', 'Which religious organization traveled across the US?', 'What does the legislation promote for its supporters?'] | {'answers': ['homosexual marriage', 'New York', 'Governor Andrew Cuomo', 'Sunday', 'Yes', 'a lottery to determine qualification', 'No', 'Yes', 'Westboro Baptist Church', 'equality.'], 'answers_start': [306, 0, 74, 276, 236, 236, 746, 770, 845, 551], 'answers_end': [326, 30, 119, 326, 284, 412, 810, 810, 919, 591]} |
3x3or7wpzz0sk7wrihthgp3o7ok8l1 | Rebel-controlled northern Syria (CNN) -- Mohamed Rashid walked out of the gate of his house with a giant blood stain on his white T-shirt.
"This is the blood of a martyr! Of a hero! Of a lion!" he bellowed. "This is his blood. It is pure!"
Mad with grief, Rashid kissed his bloody T-shirt before being led away by worried relatives.
Just hours before, Rashid learned his son Abdul was killed in battle in the Syrian city of Aleppo.
Housam Abdul Rashid was a 22-year-old defector from the army. He was also the fourth man from his small hilltop village to be killed fighting for the rebels.
The younger Rashid is one of the casualties of the five-day-old rebel offensive on Aleppo, the country's commercial capital. Another rebel, who asked only to be named "Khorshid" because his wife and children were still living in Aleppo, described how his comrade was killed by a helicopter gunship, while climbing onto a rooftop.
Syria: As al-Assad's grip loosens, what could come next?
"Housam's specialty was a sniper," Khorshid said. "He went to the roof, and a helicopter gunship killed him. Another fighter from Aleppo with him was also killed. I was just 4 meters away when it happened."
Khorshid said the rebels mounted their offensive on Aleppo last Friday, two days after a bomb killed four of Syria's top security officials.
Rebel commanders and fighters claimed they made gains, particularly in the neighborhood of Salahuddin. But they were also clearly suffering casualties.
What began 17 months ago as a peaceful protest movement has evolved into a full-fledged armed insurgency. | ['Who walked away from the residence with a blood stained shirt?', 'What had Rashid just recently learned?', 'Where did the incident take place?', 'How old was Rashid?', 'What city was Abdul killed in?', 'How long was the battle?', 'What was Housam known for?', 'How har away was Khorshid when a fellow rebel was killed?', 'CHow long ago did the resistance begin?'] | {'answers': ['Mohamed Rashid', 'learned his son Abdul was killed', 'in battle', '22-year-old', 'Aleppo.', 'five-day-old', 'sniper,"', '4 meters away', '17 months'], 'answers_start': [40, 365, 398, 466, 429, 651, 1017, 1165, 1507], 'answers_end': [56, 398, 407, 477, 438, 663, 1025, 1178, 1517]} |
3s06ph7ksr4rbvoe6fmei28bjzf1dc | We were standing at the top of a church tower. My father had brought me to this spot in a small town not far from our home in Rome. I wondered why. "Look down, Elsa," Father said. I gathered all my courage and looked down. I saw the square in the center of the village, And I saw the criss-cross of streets leading to the square. "See, my dear," Father said gently, "There is more than one way to the square. Life is like that. If you can't get to the place where you want to go by one road. try another." Now I understood why I was there, Earlier that day I had begged my mother to do something about the awful lunches that were served at school. But she refused because she didn't believe the lunches were as bad as I said. When I turned to Father for help, he would not interfere . Instead, he brought me to this high tower to give me a lesson. By the time we reached home, I had a plan. At school the next day, I secretly poured my lunch soup into a bottle and brought it home. Then I asked our cook to serve it to Mother at dinner. _ She swallowed one spoonful and sputtered, "The cook must have gone bad!" Quickly I told what I had done, and Mother stated firmly that she would deal with the matter of lunches at school the next day! In the following years I often remembered the lesson Father taught me. I began to work as a fashion designer two years ago. I wouldn't stop working until I tried every possible means to my goal. Father's wise words always remind me that there is more than one way to the square, | ['Where were we?', 'Where was it?', "What's my name?", 'Who was I with?', 'What did I see below me?', 'What did I want my mom to do?', 'Did she do something?', 'Who did I turn to next?', 'Did he help?', 'What did I bring home?', 'In what?', 'Did it taste good?', 'What is my job?', 'When?', 'Did my mom eat the soup?', 'Was the tower nearby?', 'Was I scared?', 'Were the roads in a circle?', 'Who gave the soup to my mom?', 'When did I come up with a plan?'] | {'answers': ['church tower', 'in Rome', 'Elsa', 'My father', 'the square', 'something about school lunches', 'No', 'Father', 'No', 'soup', 'bottle', 'No', 'fashion designer', 'two years ago', 'yes', 'yes', 'yes', 'no', 'our cook', 'by the time we reached home'], 'answers_start': [0, 47, 148, 47, 223, 540, 648, 725, 726, 891, 891, 1038, 1310, 1311, 1039, 47, 179, 269, 982, 848], 'answers_end': [46, 130, 179, 133, 269, 646, 726, 783, 784, 982, 980, 1110, 1364, 1364, 1109, 132, 221, 329, 1025, 889]} |
31hq4x3t3saa3rb0wfzmxg3pi9flsj | Betty and I are best friends.Our birthdays are on the same day,so every year we have a birthday party together.But this year,we had a costume party instead. While we were writing the invitation,my mum came in and asked."Why not invite John?"John had been in our class for only a few months,but he was always getting better grades in math than anyone else in class.I wrinkled my nose and said,"Mum,he wears the same pants to school every day.How can he even afford a costume?"Mum said nothing.The next day,mum gave me an envelope with a shopping certificate in it."I thought it would be nice of you to give this to John,"Mum said.But how?We didn't want to make John embarrassed.We discussed it for a long time.Finally,Betty and I had a good idea. On the day of our party,kids arrived,dressed differently.John arrived,in an old sheet ,but still in the same brown pants as usual.We danced,ate snacks and played games in groups.Before eating the birthday cake,Betty said in a loud voice,"Now it's time for the great prize game.It's the following riddle..."It was a math game.None of us was surprised when John came up with the right answer first and walked off with the envelope. Everything went on well as we planned.John wore a new pair of pants and a new shirt the next week.He felt happy.So did we. When we helped others,we need to find a proper way,or we may hurt them in another way. | ['What sort of party did the friends have this year?', "What is the friend's name?", 'Are their birthdays right next to each other?', 'What date were the two born?', 'Who did the mother tell them to have come to the celebration?', 'What was he good at?', 'Was he new to the school?', 'How did the mother gift him for the celebration?', 'Were the girls worried that he would be too happy about it?', 'How many activities did they do at the celebration?', 'Did they have a celebratory pie?', 'What type of game did they tailor to the boy?', 'Did he win?', 'What item of clothing did they notice he donned every day?', 'Did he buy new ones?', 'How did that cause him to feel?'] | {'answers': ['costume party', 'Betty', 'on the same day', 'unknown', 'John', 'math', 'yes', 'a shopping certificate', 'yes', 'Three', 'yes', 'a math game', 'yes', 'pants', 'yes', 'happy'], 'answers_start': [125, 0, 29, -1, 220, 316, 241, 505, 629, 876, 924, 1052, 1101, 397, 1215, 1273], 'answers_end': [155, 28, 62, -1, 239, 337, 289, 562, 676, 923, 955, 1070, 1175, 440, 1273, 1287]} |
340ugxu9dy1te9fyzowszqjfvk9uvv | CHAPTER IX.
THE GREAT CANAL.
The commissioner knocked at Mr. George's door at the time appointed. Mr. George and Rollo were both ready. Mr. George counted out the fifteen guilders on the table, and James put them in his pocket. The party then set out.
Mr. George wished to stop by the way to put a letter in the post office, and to pay the postage of it. He desired to do this personally, for he wished to inquire whether the letter would go direct. So James led them by the way of the post office, and conducted Mr. George into the office where foreign letters were received, and the payment of postage taken for them. Here James served as interpreter. Indeed, it is one of the most important duties of a commissioner to serve as an interpreter to his employer, whenever his services are required in this capacity.
When the letter was put in, the party resumed their walk. The commissioner went on before, carrying Mr. George's travelling shawl and the umbrella, and Mr. George and Rollo followed. The way lay along a narrow street, by the side of a canal. There were a thousand curious sights to be seen, both among the boats on the canal and along the road; but Rollo could not stop to examine them, for the commissioner walked pretty fast.
"I wish he would not walk so fast," said Rollo.
"Ah, yes," said Mr. George, "he is right this morning, for we want to get to the pier in time for the boat. But in walking about the town to see it, it would be a great trouble to us." | ["who carried Mr. George's travelling shawl?", 'what else did he carry?', 'what were they on the way to?', 'where did they head after that?', 'who had initially knocked at the door?', 'who was ready there?', 'where did James put the guilders?', 'how many of them were there?', 'why did Mr. George want to go to the post office personally?', 'did he want to ask about something?', 'what?', 'what did James do for him while they were there?', 'was this an important function?', 'were they walking on a wide street after?', 'what was the street beside?'] | {'answers': ['The commissioner', 'the umbrella', 'the post office', 'the pier', 'The commissioner', 'Mr. George', 'in his pocket', 'fifteen', 'to put a letter in', 'Yes', 'whether the letter would go direct', 'served as interpreter', 'Yes', 'No', 'the side of a canal'], 'answers_start': [882, 958, 313, 1381, 33, 102, 217, 167, 295, 412, 419, 636, 674, 1027, 1045], 'answers_end': [898, 970, 329, 1389, 50, 112, 230, 174, 313, 454, 454, 658, 706, 1041, 1064]} |
32z9zlut1lktj30hyd3flj0h5jiohu | Reading Oliver James'Affluenza, I thought about what often happens at home. My 12-year-old daughter is in tears."I have so take a test tomorrow. I don't understand any of it," she cries out. After shouting and shutting her door, she calms down enough to go through her notes. The following dry I ask her how the test went and the just says "OK,I got a nine". "Wow. well done!" I say, before she finishes with "But I never get a ten!" According to James, this _ with getting top marks has been a bad development, which encourages people to think of education in terms of work and money. To test this, I asked my daughter why she was so worried about her tests. She looked at me as if I was thick. "Well, if I don't get good grades, I won't be able to afford nice things like a car and stuff." I was quite surprised, because I don't consider myself a pushy parent. But James suggests and it leaves students feeling failures even if they are very bright. He points to the Danish system of education as a better model. Creating happy citizens who have good social skills is seen as more important than high achievements at school or the needs of business. For me, I cannot remember the last time I had to work out the area of a circle, recite a Shakespeare poem or grammar rules, yet I have lived a happy life. What I really needed to learn at school was how to make polite conversations, or how to avoid getting into debt or how to develop good personality. This is in fact similar to what Oliver James really has in mind. And he is looking for schools where students are encouraged to find and follow their own interests, something more like Tongjon. Tongjon has been developed in some Korean private schools. It is quite different from the more rigid system of learning things by heart that is used in Korea, and indeed in many other school systems around the world. As the Russian poet Pushkin said," Inspiration is needed in geometry just as much as in poetry ",and inspiration does not come from endlessly revising for tests or getting worried about them . | ['What book did Oliver James write?', "How old is the author's daughter?", 'What does his daughter think good grades will get her?', 'Like name one?', 'What was her test score?', 'That was out of how manypossible points?', 'Was she pleased with the score?', 'James thinks people now think of education as what?', 'So James thinks this system leaves students thinking of themselves as what?', 'Even when they are smart?', 'What country does he think has a better system?', 'Does the author frequently have to recite a Shakespeare poem?', 'So does he feel he really needed to learn that in school?'] | {'answers': ['Affluenza', '12 years old', 'Nice things', 'A car', 'Nine', 'Ten', 'No', 'As work and money', 'As failures', 'Yes', 'Denmark', 'No', 'Good social skills'], 'answers_start': [21, 79, 757, 776, 352, 428, 635, 570, 913, 944, 969, 1162, 1048], 'answers_end': [30, 90, 768, 779, 356, 431, 642, 584, 921, 950, 975, 1177, 1066]} |
369j354ofdapu1z2ebz3jj2p43ag60 | (CNN) -- After a difficult past year, Rafael Nadal is back where he feels most comfortable -- but his rivals are battling to find form ahead of the French Open.
While the Spaniard cruised into the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo tournament he has won for the past eight seasons, world No. 1 Novak Djokovic again had to come from behind to earn his place while Andy Murray suffered a crushing defeat that will demote him to third in the rankings.
Fourth seed Tomas Berdych and No. 5 Juan Martin del Potro also crashed out Thursday to thin out the competition for Nadal as he continues his winning return to the ATP Tour following longterm knee problems.
His 6-2 6-4 rout of German 16th seed Philipp Kohlschreiber was his 16th successive victory this year following a defeat in the final of his comeback event in Chile in February.
"I feel more relaxed, yes. I had some uneasy moments during the past year," Nadal said after his 44th consecutive win at the clay-court event, which set up a clash with 21-year-old Bulgarian Gregor Dimitrov.
"Now I'm back on the tour. Just being here is good news. And winning matches -- I say it every day, but winning every match is very important to me today. Every time I have the chance to go on court and play well, feel competitive, is a really good feeling."
Dimitrov is also on a roll, having followed up his opening victory over world No. 10 Janko Tipsarevic by beating Germany's Florian Mayer 6-2 6-4. | ['Who is fourth seed?', 'What number is Juan Martin del Potro?', 'Who is back where he feels comfortable?'] | {'answers': ['Tomas Berdych is fourth.', "He's seeded 5th.", 'Rafael Nadal is comfortable.'], 'answers_start': [463, 485, 915], 'answers_end': [476, 487, 920]} |
30zx6p7vf8vb3262zf83qjdth2m2jv | In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor excluding a few—typically only one or two—monophyletic subgroups. The group is said to be paraphyletic "with respect to" the excluded subgroups. The arrangement of the members of a paraphyletic group is called a paraphyly. The term is commonly used in phylogenetics (a subfield of biology) and in linguistics.
The term was coined to apply to well-known taxa like reptiles (Reptilia) which, as commonly named and traditionally defined, is paraphyletic with respect to mammals and birds. Reptilia contains the last common ancestor of reptiles and all descendants of that ancestor—including all extant reptiles as well as the extinct synapsids—except for mammals and birds. Other commonly recognized paraphyletic groups include fish, monkeys and lizards.
If many subgroups are missing from the named group, it is said to be polyparaphyletic. A paraphyletic group cannot be a clade, which is a monophyletic group.
Groups that include all the descendants of a common ancestor are said to be "monophyletic". A paraphyletic group is a monophyletic group from which one or more subsidiary clades (monophyletic groups) are excluded to form a separate group. Ereshefsky has argued that paraphyletic taxa are the result of anagenesis in the excluded group or groups. For example, dinosaurs are paraphyletic with respect to birds because birds possess many features that dinosaurs lack and occupy a distinctive niche. | ['what is it said to be if many subgroups are missing?', 'what group cannot be a clade?', 'what is monophyletic?', 'what are groups that include all descendants of a common ancestor?', 'is a paraphyletic group monophyletic?', 'what are dinosaurs?', 'what was the term coined to apply to?', 'like?', 'what contains the last common ancestor of reptiles?', "does it also include all it's descendants?", 'are mammals and birds included?', 'are there other commonly recognized groups?', 'how many?', 'please name one', 'and what else?', 'what would the last be?', 'shat is a subfield of biology mentioned in the article?', 'and what term is used in phylogenetics?', 'what is that?', 'who argues that paraphyletic taxa are the result of anagenesis?'] | {'answers': ['polyparaphyletic', 'A paraphyletic group', 'a clade', '"monophyletic".', 'yes', 'For example, dinosaurs are paraphyletic with respect to birds because birds possess many features that dinosaurs lack and occupy a distinctive niche.', 'well-known taxa', 'reptiles', 'Reptilia', 'yes', 'no', 'yes', 'Three', 'fish', 'monkeys', 'lizards', 'phylogenetics', 'paraphyly.', 'The arrangement of the members of a paraphyletic group', 'Ereshefsky'], 'answers_start': [880, 968, 999, 1041, 1132, 1387, 437, 437, 613, 613, 613, 798, 798, 798, 798, 797, 348, 271, 270, 1280], 'answers_end': [966, 1040, 1039, 1133, 1279, 1536, 498, 561, 705, 704, 798, 879, 879, 879, 879, 880, 436, 348, 348, 1353]} |
3ixqg4fa2tygl3tpwwa12i2uf4kb9a | CHAPTER XXIII
CHECK TO THE QUEEN
How long they stood thus, heart to heart, they themselves could never have said. The sound of many voices in the near distance roused them from their dream. Ursula started in alarm.
"Holy Virgin!" she exclaimed under her breath, "if it should be the Queen!"
But Wessex held her tightly, and she struggled in vain.
"Nay! then let the whole Court see that I hold my future wife in my arms," he said proudly.
But with an agitated little cry she contrived to escape him. He seemed much amused at her nervousness; what had she to fear? was she not his own, to protect even from the semblance of ill? But Ursula, now fully awakened to ordinary, everyday surroundings, was fearful lest her own innocent little deception should be too crudely, too suddenly unmasked.
She had so earnestly looked forward to the moment when she would say to him that she in sooth was none other than Lady Ursula Glynde, the woman whom every conventionality had decreed that he should marry, and whom--because of these conventionalities--he had secretly but certainly disliked.
Her woman's heart had already given her a clear insight into the character and the foibles of the man she loved. His passion for her now, sincere and great though it was, was partly dependent on that atmosphere of romance which his poetical temperament craved for, and which had surrounded the half-mysterious personality of exquisite, irresistible "Fanny."
Instinctively she dreaded the rough hand of commonplace, that ugly, coarse destroyer of poetic idylls. A few hastily uttered words might shatter in an hour the mystic shrine wherein Wessex had enthroned her. She had meant to tell him soon, to-morrow perhaps, perhaps only after a few days, but she wished to find her own time for this, when he knew her inner soul better, and the delicate cobwebs of this great love-at-first-sight had fallen away from his eyes. | ['Who is embracing?', 'Is Ursula ready to stop?', 'is Wessex?', 'Why does she want free?', 'Who is she worried might be coming?', 'Does Wessex care?', 'Does she get free?', "What's making her nervous?", 'How does Wessex feel about her fears?', 'Are they planing to get married?', 'How does that make Wessex feel?', 'Would their marriage be the traditional thing to do/', "Is she thinking that maybe he doesn't like her?", 'What has she gotten a good picture of?', 'What kind of love is he feeling?', 'What does she think might get shattered?', 'When does she want to talk to him about it?', 'What are the possible days she might talk to him?', 'What does she want him to learn about', 'Where are they standing?'] | {'answers': ['Ursula and Wessex', 'yes', 'no', 'she hears people', 'the Queen', 'no', 'yes', 'her deception might be unmasked.', 'amused', 'yes', 'proud', 'yes', 'yes', 'his character', 'ove-at-first-sight', 'the mystic shrine', 'in her own time for', 'tomorrow or a few days', 'her inner soul better', 'unknown'], 'answers_start': [194, 299, 299, 118, 221, 358, 451, 711, 512, 396, 396, 940, 1057, 1117, 1859, 1590, 1667, 1667, 1800, -1], 'answers_end': [355, 355, 354, 219, 297, 449, 510, 804, 552, 449, 449, 1009, 1097, 1211, 1920, 1633, 1793, 1747, 1829, -1]} |
39gaf6dqwr0d5co0x0m8ooeikg9v1g | A State Department special envoy will travel to North Korea this week to try to free Kenneth Bae, the U.S. citizen detained there since November, the State Department and White House said Tuesday.
Ambassador Robert King, the president's special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, will head to Pyongyang at North Korea's invitation, the State Department said.
King, currently traveling in the region, will go to the capital Friday, the White House said.
North Korea's supreme court sentenced Bae in April to 15 years of hard labor. His sister, Terri Chung, told CNN two weeks ago that Bae was recently moved to a hospital because of a serious decline in his health.
The court found Bae guilty of carrying out "serious crimes" against North Korea, including setting up bases in China for the purpose of toppling the North Korean government, encouraging North Korean citizens to bring down the government, and conducting a smear campaign, according to the country's state media.
Kenneth Bae: Please help me
The media also say Bae planned an operation to bring down the government through religious activities.
Chung says her brother was the owner of a tour company who was in North Korea for work.
King will ask Pyongyang to pardon Bae and grant him special amnesty on humanitarian grounds "so that he can be reunited with his family and seek medical treatment," the State Department said.
Bae suffers from severe back and leg pain and has lost more than 50 pounds, Chung told CNN earlier this month. | ['Who will be freed?', 'Where is he?', 'Where is he originally from?', 'Is he detained there?', 'Since when?', 'Who is going there to free him?', 'Who is he?', "What was Bae's supposed crime?", 'What was the length of his sentence?', 'Who gave the verdict?'] | {'answers': ['Kenneth Bae', 'North Korea', 'the U.S.', 'Yes in North Korea', 'April', 'State department envoy', 'Ambassador Robert King', 'encouraging North Korean citizens to bring down the government', '15 years of hard labor', 'Pyongyang'], 'answers_start': [81, 36, 98, 115, 513, 2, 199, 774, 522, 1233], 'answers_end': [96, 60, 106, 129, 544, 39, 221, 917, 543, 1243]} |
3xxu1swe8mvt6z0kqmrcewhvuhda08 | CHAPTER XI. HEROES AND HERO-WORSHIP
Nothing of him that doth fade, But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange.-—Tempest.
Sunday morning found Anna in a different frame of mind from that of the evening before. Uncle Clement had been very ill all night, and the house was to be kept as quiet as possible. When Anna came in from early Celebration, Aunt Cherry came out looking like a ghost, and very anxious, and gave a sigh of relief on Adrian being reported still sound asleep. Gerald presently came down, pale and languid, but calling himself all right, and loitering over his breakfast till after the boy appeared, so rosy and ravenous as to cause no apprehension, except that he should devour too much apricot jam, and use his new boots too noisily on the stairs.
Anna devised walking him to Beechcroft to hear if there were any news of Fergus, and though he observed, with a certain sound of contemptuous rivalship, that there was no need, for "Merrifield was as right as a trivet," he was glad enough to get out of doors a little sooner, and though he affected to be bored by the kind inquiries of the people they met, he carried his head all the higher for them.
Nobody was at home except General Mohun, but he verified Adrian's impression of his nephew's soundness, whatever the mysterious comparison might mean; and asked rather solicitously not only after Mr. Underwood but after Gerald, who, he said, was a delicate subject to have made such exertions. | ['what chapter is this ?', 'anna was waiting from news from who ?', 'who was home with the general ?', '"Nothing of him that doth fade" was said by who ?', 'who was is a different state of mind ?', 'was it on monday ?', 'what day ?', 'from the morning before ?', 'what time of day ?', 'who was sick ?', 'where did anna go for news ?', 'whos inpression was verified ?', 'of who ?', 'nephews what ?', 'who looked like a ghost ?', 'what else was going on with her feelings ?', 'who was still sleep ?', 'who was pale ?', 'who was rosy ?', 'was the house to be loud ?'] | {'answers': ['XI', 'Fergus', 'Nobody', 'Tempest', 'Anna', 'no', 'Sunday', 'no', 'evening', 'Uncle Clement', 'Beechcroft', "Adrian's", "nephew's", 'soundness', 'Aunt Cherry', 'very anxious', 'Adrian', 'Gerald', 'boy', 'no'], 'answers_start': [8, 865, 1196, 134, 166, 145, 145, 217, 217, 233, 820, 1253, 1280, 1289, 369, 416, 459, 501, 626, 299], 'answers_end': [10, 871, 1202, 141, 170, 151, 151, 224, 225, 247, 831, 1261, 1288, 1298, 380, 428, 465, 507, 629, 325]} |
3s0tnuhwkti9mv8z50vtxcvjyd88d7 | Tony Hawken, 57, is divorcing his wife Xiu Li, 51, Britain's wealthiest woman entrepreneur , because he says he doesn't like being rich and is 'not in the habit' of spending lots of money.
The pair traded up their semi-detached home in South Norwood, London, and bought a PS1.5million house in Surrey.
Li, who is now worth $1.2billion (PS700million) according to Forbes, quickly settled into a life which included sipping a PS900 bottle of wine on a luxurious yacht.
However, Mr Hawken says he felt more comfortable getting lunch in his local Wetherspoon's.
Despite his sudden wealth he continued to buy books from charity shops, and _ dear clothes.
In an interview with The Times, he said: 'I think it made me uncomfortable because I'm not in the habit, I don't like spending lots of money -- I've been brought up that way.
'Until recently I was never a wealthy person. I've been moderately comfortable because I have been careful with my money.'
Now the couple have decided to part, Mr Hawken will walk away with just PS1million, but says it will be enough for him.
He added: 'I have got a settlement which is not great, but it's enough for me because I don't have an extravagant lifestyle. I won't have to work if I'm careful.'
On a recent trip to China, Mr Hawken said his wife took him on a yacht and treated him to a PS900 bottle of wine, but he prefers his local Wetherspoon pub.
'I'm getting a little pay when you consider her potential wealth, but I don't really want to fight it.'
Mr Hawken met Li on a blind date while he was still a teacher and she was studying English.
The couple married, but as Li's business took off the couple spent more and more time apart. Mr Hawken says the couple have spent most of the relationship apart.
Far from driving them apart, Mr Hawken believes the distance kept them together, and says they would have divorced a long time ago if they were under the same roof.
Mr Hawken says his only regret is not getting a divorce sooner, but he didn't push for it over fears it would affect the couple's teenage son William, now 17.
Mr Hawken no longer teaches full-time, but instead gives free tuition to under-privileged children. | ['How old is Tony Hawken?', 'How old is his wife?'] | {'answers': ['57.', '51.'], 'answers_start': [13, 47], 'answers_end': [15, 49]} |
3nl0rfnu0fngh0r7ler3kda4g5f4kp | The (BnF; ) is the National Library of France, located in Paris. It is the national repository of all that is published in France.
The National Library of France traces its origin to the royal library founded at the Louvre Palace by Charles V in 1368. Charles had received a collection of manuscripts from his predecessor, John II, and transferred them to the Louvre from the Palais de la Cité. The first librarian of record was Claude Mallet, the king's valet de chambre, who made a sort of catalogue, "Inventoire des Livres du Roy nostre Seigneur estans au Chastel du Louvre". Jean Blanchet made another list in 1380 and Jean de Bégue one in 1411 and another in 1424. Charles V was a patron of learning and encouraged the making and collection of books. It is known that he employed Nicholas Oresme, Raoul de Presle and others to transcribe ancient texts. At the death of Charles VI, this first collection was unilaterally bought by the English regent of France, the Duke of Bedford, who transferred it to England in 1424. It was apparently dispersed at his death in 1435.
Charles VII did little to repair the loss of these books, but the invention of printing resulted in the starting of another collection in the Louvre inherited by Louis XI in 1461. Charles VIII seized a part of the collection of the kings of Aragon. Louis XII, who had inherited the library at Blois, incorporated the latter into the "Bibliothèque du Roi" and further enriched it with the Gruthuyse collection and with plunder from Milan. Francis I transferred the collection in 1534 to Fontainebleau and merged it with his private library. During his reign, fine bindings became the craze and many of the books added by him and Henry II are masterpieces of the binder's art. | ["What's the main point?", 'Who received a collection of writings?', "What library marks this one's origin?", "Where's it located?", 'What is the founding year?', 'By who?', 'From where did he bring his collection?', 'Did they have a person running the place?', 'Was he originally hired for that job?', 'What job was he hired for at first?', "What's his name?", 'What did he create?', 'Were any made thereafter?'] | {'answers': ['the National Library of France the national repository of all that is published in France', 'Charles V', 'the royal library', 'the Louvre Palace', '1368', 'Charles V', 'the Palais de la Cité', 'yes', 'no', 'valet de chambre', 'Claude Mallet', 'a catalogue', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [0, 235, 133, 133, 185, 184, 254, 397, 397, 397, 397, 397, 581], 'answers_end': [131, 302, 253, 253, 252, 252, 396, 580, 473, 474, 444, 580, 671]} |
3vp0c6efsgwpmbvopexywomm0xim6q | I stepped inside my mother's car and dropped my backpack on the floor as my face filled with excitement. Today's the day that we're going to the candy store and picking out a new treat to have after dinner. Some people may like going to the movies, or the game room, or even to parks, but going to the candy store once a week and getting to see all the different colors and taste all the different treats is my favorite activity. As soon as we pull up, she tells me to not run around too much inside, but I'm so excited I barely hear her. She opens the door and we walk inside where the clerk first welcomes us. Since we do this each week, he calls me by my name of Trevor and says that he's come up with a few candies for me to try.
I walk over to the table and see three types of M&M's laid out. He knows I'm not a big fan of peanuts so he left out the peanut kind, instead giving me mint flavored, cookies 'n creme flavored, and white chocolate flavored. They all taste great and the clerk asks which I like the most. It takes me a bit to choose, but I finally choose the Mint as this week's choice. He rings us up at the front desk and says that since we buy from his shop so much, he's going to give us a sale, so we think it'll be a nickel or a dime or even a quarter off. Actually, the clerk ends up cutting it half off! We thanked him and went on our way as I tried not to eat all the way home. | ['what is his favorite activity', 'How does he get there', 'how does he feel about it', 'what is his name', "what doesn't he like", 'what flavor does he like', 'what flavors did he choose from', 'why do they get a discount', 'how much did they save', 'how did they feel about it', 'where did they go next'] | {'answers': ['going to the candy store', "his mom's car", 'excited', 'Trevor', 'peanuts', 'mint', 'mint, cookies and creme and white chocolate', 'they shop there a lot', 'half', 'grateful', 'home'], 'answers_start': [289, 0, 504, 655, 808, 960, 887, 1151, 1291, 1330, 1368], 'answers_end': [429, 32, 539, 672, 838, 1103, 960, 1216, 1329, 1344, 1403]} |
3e337gfol98x1m5udslkluob045gn3 | Vinton Gray Cerf ForMemRS, (; born June 23, 1943) is an American Internet pioneer, who is recognized as one of "the fathers of the Internet", sharing this title with TCP/IP co-inventor Bob Kahn. His contributions have been acknowledged and lauded, repeatedly, with honorary degrees and awards that include the National Medal of Technology, the Turing Award, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Marconi Prize and membership in the National Academy of Engineering.
In the early days, Cerf was a manager for the United States' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) funding various groups to develop TCP/IP technology. When the Internet began to transition to a commercial opportunity during the late 1980s, Cerf moved to MCI where he was instrumental in the development of the first commercial email system (MCI Mail) connected to the Internet.
Cerf was instrumental in the funding and formation of ICANN from the start. He waited a year before stepping forward to join the ICANN Board, and eventually became chairman. He was elected as the president of the Association for Computing Machinery in May 2012, and in August 2013 he joined the Council on CyberSecurity's Board of Advisors.
Cerf is active in many organizations that are working to help the Internet deliver humanitarian value in our world today. He is supportive of innovative projects that are experimenting with new approaches to global problems, including the digital divide, the gender gap, and the changing nature of jobs. Cerf is also known for his style, typically appearing in a three-piece suit—a rarity in an industry known for its casual dress norms. | ['Who is the topic of the article?', 'When was he born?', 'Is he still living?', 'What is he known as?', 'Who invinted TCP/IP?', 'What title does he share with Cerf?', 'What are the two recognized as?', 'Has Cerf won any awards?', 'What is one?', 'What was his job title when working for the govt.?', 'What group did he help form and even fund?', 'What position did he eventually hold for ICANN?', 'What post was he elected to in 2012?', 'Is he known for his "Style"?', 'What style is he known for?', 'How does the industry normally dress?', 'What group did he join in 2013?', 'Did he help found NASA?', 'Did he help to create email?', 'What does Cerf do today?'] | {'answers': ['Vinton Gray Cerf', '1943', 'yes', 'Internet pioneer', 'Bob Kahn', 'co-inventor', 'the fathers of the Internet', 'yes', 'the National Medal of Technology', 'manager', 'groups who develop TCP/IP technology', 'chairman', 'president', 'yes', 'three-piece suit', 'casual', 'Council on CyberSecurity', 'unknown', 'yes', 'deliver humanitarian value'], 'answers_start': [0, 44, 1204, 65, 185, 173, 112, 286, 305, 498, 602, 1025, 1057, 1531, 1567, 1622, 1156, -1, 808, 1279], 'answers_end': [16, 48, 1218, 81, 193, 184, 139, 292, 338, 505, 630, 1033, 1066, 1540, 1583, 1628, 1180, -1, 820, 1305]} |
3ix2egzr7bjs7mnne5n4rrl1tvxjro | CHAPTER IX
THE SNARE
On the following morning, when Castell returned, Margaret told him of the visit of d'Aguilar, and of all that had passed between them, told him also that he was acquainted with their secret, since he had spoken of her as half a Jew.
"I know it, I know it," answered her father, who was much disturbed and very angry, "for yesterday he threatened me also. But let that go, I can take my chance; now I would learn who brought this man into my house when I was absent, and without my leave."
"I fear that it was Betty," said Margaret, "who swears that she thought she did no wrong."
"Send for her," said Castell. Presently Betty came, and, being questioned, told a long story.
She said she was standing by the side door, taking the air, when Señor d'Aguilar appeared, and, having greeted her, without more words walked into the house, saying that he had an appointment with the master.
"With me?" broke in Castell. "I was absent."
"I did not know that you were absent, for I was out when you rode away in the afternoon, and no one had spoken of it to me, so, thinking that he was your friend, I let him in, and let him out again afterwards. That is all I have to say."
"Then I have to say that you are a hussy and a liar, and that, in one way or the other, this Spaniard has bribed you," answered Castell fiercely. "Now, girl, although you are my wife's cousin, and therefore my daughter's kin, I am minded to turn you out on to the street to starve." | ['Who returned?', 'When?', 'What happened then?', 'ANything else?', 'How did he answer?', 'Was he calm?', 'What was he?', 'What happened yesterday?', "Who did Margaret think let d'Aguilar into the house?", 'Did she believe she was innocent?', 'Where did she say she was standing?', 'Doing what?', 'What happened then?', 'Who?', 'Why did he just walk in?', 'Did he?', 'Was Castell there when he arrived?', 'Did betty know that?', 'Was she there when Castell left?', 'How did Castell respond to this story?'] | {'answers': ['Castell', 'On the following morning.', "Margaret told him of the visit of d'Aguilar", 'told him also that he was acquainted with their secret', '"I know it, I know it."', 'no', 'much disturbed and very angry', "d'Aguilar threatened Castell also.", 'Betty', 'yes', 'by the side door', 'taking the air', 'he walked into the house', "d'Aguilar", 'He said he had an appointment with the master.', 'no', 'no', 'no', 'no', 'He called Betty a hussy and a liar.'], 'answers_start': [56, 25, 74, 160, 260, 296, 305, 345, 518, 538, 707, 724, 823, 778, 865, 947, 947, 965, 1003, 1206], 'answers_end': [72, 72, 117, 214, 303, 327, 343, 381, 559, 606, 749, 765, 863, 864, 915, 962, 962, 1001, 1035, 1256]} |
3atpcq38j8aq3uw5yu2l6obf6m1ay2 | In psychology, memory is the process in which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved. Encoding allows information from the outside world to be sensed in the form of chemical and physical stimuli. In the first stage the information must be changed so that it may be put into the encoding process. Storage is the second memory stage or process. This entails that information is maintained over short periods of time. Finally the third process is the retrieval of information that has been stored. Such information must be located and returned to the consciousness. Some retrieval attempts may be effortless due to the type of information, and other attempts to remember stored information may be more demanding for various reasons.
Short-term memory is believed to rely mostly on an acoustic code for storing information, and to a lesser extent a visual code. Conrad (1964) found that test subjects had more difficulty recalling collections of letters that were acoustically similar (e.g. E, P, D). Confusion with recalling acoustically similar letters rather than visually similar letters implies that the letters were encoded acoustically. Conrad's (1964) study, however, deals with the encoding of written text; thus, while memory of written language may rely on acoustic components, generalisations to all forms of memory cannot be made. | ['How many codes does short term memory entail?', 'What are they?', 'Would the visual code be the most vital?', 'Who did a study to determine that?', 'Were people more likely to remember letters that sounded similar or different?', 'Was there as big a difference when reading letters?', 'What did his study show?', 'Can it be generalized to cover all types of memory?', 'Which kind can it be used for?', 'What year did he come to these conclusions?', 'Is encoding a part of the memory process?', 'How many other components are there?', 'What are those?', 'How many types of stimuli are involved?', 'Chemical is one, what is the other?', 'What needs to happen first to the information received?', 'What occurs next?', 'What would that be?', 'Which process would be last?', 'Where does information need to be taken back to in that step?'] | {'answers': ['Two', 'acoustic code and visual code.', 'no', 'Conrad', 'more difficulty recalling similar', 'yes', 'memory of written language may rely on acoustic components', 'no', 'Short-term memory', '1964', 'yes', 'Two', 'stored, and retrieved', 'Two', 'physical', 'the information must be changed', 'Storage', 'information is maintained over short periods of time', 'retrieval', 'to consciousness.'], 'answers_start': [790, 790, 832, 867, 910, 1149, 1234, 1294, 739, 867, 15, 14, 15, 164, 185, 203, 303, 367, 422, 539], 'answers_end': [865, 866, 867, 906, 1003, 1222, 1292, 1348, 874, 905, 69, 92, 91, 201, 193, 301, 348, 420, 464, 569]} |
3kms4qqvk2qqfgow5vnmbh7v4r9kf5 | I couldn't believe today had come! It was finally my birthday and that meant I could start working at the nearby pet store. First off, let me say that my name is Lilly, and as I'm sure you know, today's my birthday! Working at the pet shop has been my dream ever since I was a little girl, so actually getting to work with and help take care of the kitties, puppies, lizards and all sorts of animals is the coolest thing to happen to me. Some people dream of being a doctor, or a nurse, or even a teacher, but I've always wanted to work with pets. I'll say, like many people, I do have fears and that fear is snakes so I won't get to take care of them!
\tabI arrived at the pet store around nine in the morning and was greeted by the friendly woman that owned it who I talked with over the phone. Her hair was covering her name tag so I couldn't tell if her name was Martha, Margaret, or Mary, but it turns out she told me it was Margie so none of them were right. Margie helped me become friendly with all the animals, and I had so much fun the whole day. I fed them, gave them water, and even got to play with them! Margie didn't think I was ready to clean up after them yet so she said that could be done another day. It was everything I ever hoped and I can't wait for tomorrow! | ['What is today?', 'What did that mean?', 'Where at?', 'who will have the job there?', 'How long has she fantasized about this job?', 'What is she scared of?', 'When did she show up for her job?', 'Who greeted her', 'Was she the owner?', 'What was her name?', 'Did Lilly enjoy her day?', 'Did she pick up after the critters?', 'Is she ready for her next day on the job?'] | {'answers': ['birthday', 'start working', 'pet store', 'Lilly', 'little girl', 'snakes', 'nine', 'woman', 'yes', 'Margie', 'yes', 'no', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [35, 35, 85, 151, 216, 576, 661, 721, 736, 913, 1025, 1120, 1258], 'answers_end': [62, 122, 122, 167, 288, 615, 712, 764, 764, 938, 1057, 1221, 1283]} |
31qtrg6q2tdxqy27ndkiwj0a450pyp | (CNN) -- Jewish organizations called for a Romanian official to resign and face a criminal investigation after he wore a Nazi uniform during a fashion show over the weekend.
Radu Mazare, the mayor of the town of Constanta, wore a Nazi uniform during a fashion show over the weekend.
Radu Mazare, the mayor of the town of Constanta, and his 15-year-old son "entered the stage marching the clearly identifiable Nazi 'goose step,'" the Center for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism in Romania said in a letter to the country's prosecutor general.
The organization's director, Marco Katz, said Mazare had broken Romanian law and encouraged his son to do the same, "educating him to treat the law with contempt."
Katz said Mazare was sending a message "that to wear Nazi uniforms and to march the Nazi steps is legal and 'in vogue' in Romania."
He urged the authorities and the head of Mazare's Social Democrat party to show that message "will be strongly countermanded."
Mazare, 41, said he had not noticed the Nazi swastika symbol on the uniform before he wore it, according to the Romanian Times newspaper.
"I checked it before I put it on but the swastika was very small and I didn't see it," he said. "I really liked the look of the uniform after seeing it in the Tom Cruise film 'Valkyrie.' I bought it from a costume hire shop in Germany."
A top Nazi hunter said Mazare should quit.
"The proper thing for you to do is to admit your mistake, apologize for it and resign your position," Efraim Zuroff of the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem wrote to Mazare. Zuroff sent CNN a copy of the letter. | ['who is was asked to step down from his position?', 'called?', 'what is his title?', 'of?', 'why is he in trouble?', 'was he alone?', 'who was with him?', 'who is calling for him to step down?', 'is one of them named?', 'which one?', 'who is the official representing that one?', 'what hollywood star is mentioned?', 'is one of his films mentioned?', 'which one?', 'which one?'] | {'answers': ['a Romanian official', 'Radu Mazare', 'mayor', 'the town of Constanta', 'he wore a Nazi uniform during a fashion show', 'no', 'his 15-year-old son', 'Jewish organizations', 'yes', 'Center for Monitoring and Combating anti-Semitism', 'Marco Katz,', 'Tom Cruise', 'yes', 'Valkyrie', 'Valkyrie'], 'answers_start': [43, 176, 176, 193, 80, 300, 300, 9, 432, 433, 554, 1220, 1281, 1282, 1220], 'answers_end': [104, 223, 223, 223, 174, 379, 359, 175, 552, 514, 595, 1308, 1309, 1307, 1307]} |
3wetl7aqwt8shln0edie8jzg5ju35w | CHAPTER XX.
TO-MORROW.
The two girls met no living soul on their way back to the rectory. They let themselves in noiselessly; they stole upstairs unheard--the breaking morning gave them what light they needed. Shirley sought her couch immediately; and though the room was strange--for she had never slept at the rectory before--and though the recent scene was one unparalleled for excitement and terror by any it had hitherto been her lot to witness, yet scarce was her head laid on the pillow ere a deep, refreshing sleep closed her eyes and calmed her senses.
Perfect health was Shirley's enviable portion. Though warm-hearted and sympathetic, she was not nervous; powerful emotions could rouse and sway without exhausting her spirit. The tempest troubled and shook her while it lasted, but it left her elasticity unbent, and her freshness quite unblighted. As every day brought her stimulating emotion, so every night yielded her recreating rest. Caroline now watched her sleeping, and read the serenity of her mind in the beauty of her happy countenance.
For herself, being of a different temperament, she could not sleep. The commonplace excitement of the tea-drinking and school-gathering would alone have sufficed to make her restless all night; the effect of the terrible drama which had just been enacted before her eyes was not likely to quit her for days. It was vain even to try to retain a recumbent posture; she sat up by Shirley's side, counting the slow minutes, and watching the June sun mount the heavens. | ['Did they see anyone on the way back?', 'Who was walking?', 'From where?', 'To where?', 'Did they make it?', 'Did they barge in?', 'What was one of their names?', 'What did she look for when she got there?', 'Had she been there before?', 'Had she had an eventful night?'] | {'answers': ['No', 'two girls', 'on their way back', 'the rectory', 'Yes', 'No', 'Shirley', 'her couch', 'Yes', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [27, 27, 27, 27, 27, 93, 213, 213, 214, 283], 'answers_end': [77, 78, 93, 93, 251, 130, 250, 250, 331, 566]} |
3k5tewlkgvbo5iky577egnv4087ivx | These amazing animals prove that love lives on four legs. A little girl's lifeline Three-year-old Alida Knobloch and her 27kg golden dog, Mr. Gibbs, are almost together all the time There is a special love between them. Alida, who suffered from serious lung disease when she was 10 months old, is unable to breathe on her own for about 45 minutes. So Mr. Gibbs has been with her everywhere, carrying 4.5kg of oxygen tanks for her . A pig that calms kids When Lois Brady, a famous doctor in America, visits special-needs students in San Francisco schools, she often brings along Buttercup, a black pig from Vietnam. The pig is very calm and friendly and has been trained to offer comfort to patients as well. A Lion's big heart With paws the size of dinner plates, bright black eyes and a golden mane , Jupiter, a 13-year-old 250kg lion, was brought to the rescue center by Anna. In the past two years, Anna has developed a very close relationship with Jupiter. | ["What's the girls name?", 'What is her dogs name?', 'Do they spend much time together?', 'What calms kids?', 'What kind?', 'Is the female in the story sick?', 'With what?', 'When did she get it?', 'How big are the feet of the animal in the story?', 'What did the pup carry?', 'How old is the last animal in the story?'] | {'answers': ['Alida', 'Mr. Gibbs', 'Yes', 'animals', 'A pig', 'Yes', 'lung disease', 'at 10 months old', 'the size of dinner plates', 'oxygen tanks', '13 years'], 'answers_start': [56, 98, 98, 0, 432, 220, 220, 220, 708, 348, 802], 'answers_end': [112, 147, 181, 57, 454, 293, 293, 293, 763, 430, 835]} |
345lhzdedxs920dffeqmgvrw4wlu3v | The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA or GA; "AG") is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), the only one in which all member nations have equal representation, and the main deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the UN. Its powers are to oversee the budget of the UN, appoint the non-permanent members to the Security Council, receive reports from other parts of the UN and make recommendations in the form of General Assembly Resolutions. It has also established numerous .
The General Assembly currently meets under its president or secretary-general in annual sessions at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, the main part of which lasts from September to December and resumed part from January until all issues are addressed (which often is just before the next session's start). It can also reconvene for special and emergency special sessions. Its composition, functions, powers, voting, and procedures are set out in Chapter IV of the United Nations Charter. The first session was convened on 10 January 1946 in the Methodist Central Hall in London and included representatives of 51 nations.
Voting in the General Assembly on important questions, namely, recommendations on peace and security, budgetary concerns, and the election, admission, suspension or expulsion of members is by a two-thirds majority of those present and voting. Other questions are decided by a straightforward majority. Each member country has one vote. Apart from approval of budgetary matters, including adoption of a scale of assessment, Assembly resolutions are not binding on the members. The Assembly may make recommendations on any matters within the scope of the UN, except matters of peace and security under Security Council consideration. The one state, one vote power structure potentially allows states comprising just five percent of the world population to pass a resolution by a two-thirds vote. | ['how many votes is each nation allowed?', 'when was the first session?', 'where?', 'how many countries sent representatives?', 'where is the present day headquarters?', 'what accronyms are used for it?', 'what is this article about?', 'what other accronyms may be used?', 'what is unique about it compared to the other UN organs?', 'what does UN stand for?', 'and how many principal organs does it have?', 'does the assembly meet monthly?', 'then?', 'other than that, can it meet for other circumstances?', 'such as?', 'what do they vote on?', 'are the resolutions binding?', 'what can the assembly not make recommendations on?', 'in what chapter is the composition set out?', 'of?'] | {'answers': ['one', '10 January 1946', 'Methodist Central Hall', '51', 'United Nations in New York City', 'UN', 'The United Nations General Assembly', 'GA and AG', 'all member nations have equal representation', 'United Nations', 'six', 'no', 'lasts from September to December and resumed part from January', 'yes', 'emergency special sessions', 'recommendations on peace and security, budgetary concerns, and the election, admission, suspension or expulsion of members', 'no', 'peace and security under Security Council consideration', 'Chapter IV', 'of the United Nations Charter'], 'answers_start': [1803, 1065, 1088, 1152, 644, 113, 0, 45, 140, 97, 69, 711, 699, 861, 887, 1230, 1615, 1742, 989, 1000], 'answers_end': [1822, 1080, 1110, 1155, 675, 115, 35, 47, 184, 111, 72, 762, 762, 913, 913, 1352, 1626, 1797, 999, 1029]} |
3wr9xg3t63bsmlkn2k2ug85iapq472 | Erden Eruc has been rowing across the Pacific Ocean in a rowboat since he left California on July 10, 2007. He has been heading for Australia with only birds, fish, and sharks ever since. Crossing the Pacific is only part of his journey. Eruc has decided to go all the way around the world using his own energy. He will row, bike, walk and climb the world without help from any motors at all. His plan includes climbing the tallest peak on six of the continents along the way. For the first part of his trip, he bicycled 5,546 miles from Seattle, Washington to Mount McKinley in Alaska and back, walked 67 miles to base camp and climbed 20,320 feet to McKinley's peak. Now in the second part of his adventure , he is rowing to Australia. Why would he try to go around the world this way? He explains that he wants to encourage kids to dream their dreams and get to their own goals. He wants to show kids that there might be hard parts along the way, and sometimes they might not even get to that final goal. But they can have adventures and learn a lot along the way. When his trip around the world takes him across land, he enjoys meeting people---especially children. He has already visited many schools and shared his story. Eruc encourages all kids to set their eyes on a goal and not give up. He says, "with goals, we will make progress, and we will be farther along than when we started, even if we don't get to some goals. That's called life!" | ['Is Eruc crossing the entire world?', 'Is he using any sort of motor?', 'How is he getting around?', 'What methods?', 'What was the first part of his trip?', 'What is the second part?', 'Why is he doing this?', 'Does he visit schools?', 'Is he going to do anything along the way?', 'What is he going to do?', 'When did he leave for his trip?', 'Where did he leave from?', 'How is he traveling?'] | {'answers': ['yes', 'no', 'using his own energy', 'row, bike, walk and climb', 'Crossing the Pacific', 'he is rowing to Australia', 'he wants to encourage kids', 'yes', 'yes', 'meet people', 'July 10, 2007', 'California', 'using his own energy.'], 'answers_start': [237, 238, 238, 312, 188, 710, 788, 1169, 1068, 1068, 70, 71, 238], 'answers_end': [289, 310, 311, 345, 237, 736, 853, 1205, 1146, 1146, 106, 106, 311]} |
3tayzsbpll8425psm9hhik4gdf52s5 | Blair: Blair was the first to appear in movies in history. In 1905, Blair appeared in the movie Rescued by Rover . It is a British film that a baby is kidnapped by an old woman, but the faithful family dog Rover saves the baby at last.
Though Rover is a common name, it became popular because of the dog hero in the movie.
Lassie: lassie used to be the most famous dog in the world. She is a character who has starred in many movies, TV shows and books over the years.
Lassie was created by Eric Knight and made her way into a short story in a newspaper in 1913 and into a novel in 1940.
Laika: Laika is the first animal that has orbited the earth. On November 3, 1957, Laika was sent to space in the Soviet Union's Sputnik 2.(2). The Soviets admitted soon after the launch that the spacecraft would not return. It meant that the poor animal would die. People argued a lot about Laika's death. Several countries issued stamps in memory of Laika. She became the first animal to give her life for the exploration of space.
Rin Tin Tin: Rin Tin Tin is the first American dog movie star. He first appeared in WhereThe North Begins in 1925. Rin Tin Tin went on to make 25 movies, he even signed his own contracts with paw prints . During his best time, he earned about 5 million dollars for those people who worked for him.
Snoopy: snoopy may be the most famous cartoon dog in the world. As a hunting beagle from Charles Schultz' popular newspaper comic strip , Peanuts, snoopy first appeared in 1950. Though snoopy was at first a minor figure, he grew to become the strip's best-known character. He is famous for always sleeping on top of his doghouse and sometimes dressing up and pretending himself as a World War I airplane pilot. Snoopy appeared in the Peanuts comic strips until Schultz's retirement ( and death ) in February of 2000. | ['When was Laika sent into space?', 'on which spacecraft?', 'For which country?', 'Did she return to Earth?', 'When did Snoopy first appear in comics?\\', 'What was the name of the strip?', 'Created by whom?', 'What breed of dog was he?', 'What did he sometimes pretend that he was?', 'When did he stop appearing in comics?', 'Why?', 'How many movies did Rin Tin Tin appear in?', 'Did he sign contracts?', 'How?', 'Who created the character Lassie?', 'What year was her novel written?', 'Which movie made the name Rover popular?', 'In what year?', 'What country created the film?', 'Who was the first American canine movie star?'] | {'answers': ['On November 3, 1957', 'Sputnik 2.', 'Soviet Union', 'no', 'in 1950', 'Peanuts', 'Charles Schultz', 'hunting beagle', 'A World War I airplane pilot', 'yes', 'Schultz retired and died', '25', 'yes', 'with paw prints', 'Eric Knight', '1940', 'Rescued by Rover', 'In 1905', 'Britain', 'Rin Tin Tin'], 'answers_start': [656, 657, 657, 739, 1469, 1395, 1395, 1395, 1604, 1742, 1742, 1146, 1030, 1146, 475, 475, 86, 59, 115, 1031], 'answers_end': [702, 734, 733, 901, 1507, 1507, 1507, 1507, 1740, 1847, 1847, 1183, 1329, 1233, 508, 594, 112, 113, 236, 1329]} |
3tpzplc3m0cwav5jysrs6p4xw9g3pj | Back to the Future With the help of a local inventor's time machine, Marty travels back to the 1950s. There his 80s hipness stands out, and he inadvertently interferes with the fledgling romance of his parents-to-be. Can Marty keep them together? He'd better, or his own future will fade away. Featuring: Christopher Lloyd, Michael J.Fox. A universal Pictures release, 1 hr. 55 min. Beethoven's 2nd In this sequel to the popular Beethoven, our canine hero falls for Missy, who soon has puppies. Missy's greedy owner, Regina, who sees only money in the little purebreds, separates mom and pups from Beethoven. His owners rescue the puppies, but Regina still has Missy. Featuring: Charles Grodin, Bonnie Hunt. A Universal Pictures release, 1 hr. 26 min. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Despite the popularity of his treats, candy maker Willy Wonka shuts himself inside his factory. But then Willy holds a contest, offering five lucky children the chance to see his company. Poor but pleasant Charlie Bucket finds a ticket, as do four less-deserving children. Featuring: Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore. A Warner Bros. Release, 1 hr. 56 min. Cinderella Man Based on actual events, this film follows the life of Jim Braddock, a boxer in New York City during the Great Depression. After a series of losses, Braddock is forced into retirement. But he never gives up his boxing dream, and neither does his manager. Featuring: Russell Crowe, Renee Zellweger. A Universal Pictures release, 2 hr. 14 min. Liar Liar Lawyer Fletcher Reede has never told the truth in his life. Then his son makes a birthday wish that his dad would stop lying for 24 hours. Suddenly, Fletcher's mouth spouts everything he thinks. His compulsion brings disaster to courtroom, where he must defend a client whose case was built on lies. Featuring: Jim Carrey, Justin Cooper. A Universal Pictures release, 1 hr. 25 min. | ['What movie features a time machine?', 'Who travels back in time?', 'And to what time period?', 'Who does he interfere with in the past?', 'What movie features Willy Wonka?', 'Do people enjoy his products?', 'How do people get to go into his factory?', 'Who ends up winning it?', 'What movie has Jim Carrey in it?', 'Are there any other notable actors in it?'] | {'answers': ['Back to the Future', 'Marty', 'The 1950s', 'His parents', 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory', 'Yes', 'A contest', 'Charlie Bucket and four other children.', 'Liar Liar', 'Jim Carrey, Justin Cooper'], 'answers_start': [0, 69, 69, 140, 752, 794, 882, 974, 1816, 1816], 'answers_end': [67, 100, 100, 216, 881, 822, 973, 1058, 1826, 1841]} |
3nkqq8o39y57ksfc83wyt4d8v0jdu3 | Many early 19th-century neoclassical architects were influenced by the drawings and projects of Étienne-Louis Boullée and Claude Nicolas Ledoux. The many graphite drawings of Boullée and his students depict spare geometrical architecture that emulates the eternality of the universe. There are links between Boullée's ideas and Edmund Burke's conception of the sublime. Ledoux addressed the concept of architectural character, maintaining that a building should immediately communicate its function to the viewer: taken literally such ideas give rise to "architecture parlante".
The baroque style had never truly been to the English taste. Four influential books were published in the first quarter of the 18th century which highlighted the simplicity and purity of classical architecture: Vitruvius Britannicus (Colen Campbell 1715), Palladio's Four Books of Architecture (1715), De Re Aedificatoria (1726) and The Designs of Inigo Jones... with Some Additional Designs (1727). The most popular was the four-volume Vitruvius Britannicus by Colen Campbell. The book contained architectural prints of famous British buildings that had been inspired by the great architects from Vitruvius to Palladio. At first the book mainly featured the work of Inigo Jones, but the later tomes contained drawings and plans by Campbell and other 18th-century architects. Palladian architecture became well established in 18th-century Britain. | ["What didn't the English like?", 'Who influenced their architecture?', 'What was written about British architecture?', 'Who wrote that?', 'When?', 'Was it popular?', 'It mostly contained whose architecture?', 'How many architects gave ideas to the 1800s?', 'What type did they influence?', "Whose thoughts are compared to Edmund Burke's?", 'What idea are they compared to?', 'What did he use to draw?', 'Did he think the world would end?', 'What did the other architect think?', 'How quickly should it?', 'What is a term for that?', 'How many important books were written about English architecture?', 'When?', 'Which one was last?', 'What style of architecture became popular in England?'] | {'answers': ['baroque style', 'by Étienne-Louis Boullée and Claude Nicolas Ledoux.', 'Vitruvius Britannicus', 'Colen Campbell', 'in 1715', 'it was most popular', 'Vitruvius', 'possibly two', 'neoclassical architects', "Boullée's", 'conception of the sublime', 'spare geometrical architecture', 'no', 'that a building communicates its function', 'immediately', '"architecture parlante"', 'Four', 'the 18th century', 'The Designs of Inigo Jones', 'Palladian architecture'], 'answers_start': [581, 64, 792, 792, 813, 981, 1109, 95, 0, 307, 308, 175, 238, 439, 462, 513, 791, 679, 914, 1357], 'answers_end': [640, 144, 835, 835, 835, 1039, 1200, 143, 47, 342, 368, 237, 283, 498, 485, 577, 980, 720, 979, 1403]} |
3180jw2ot4c32zpphya1oqg50z3j5c | Every day when Cora Castle, 14, from Indiana, US goes back home, she opens her computer and logs into a website called Fuel Up to Play 60. She puts on what she has eaten and what kind of activities she has played that day. Then the site decides whether Castle has eaten healthily and done enough exercise. All the seventh graders in Castle's school have done the same thing since the year started. It's part of their health class. If the site finds her habits are unhealthy, it will give her advice. If she does something good, the website will give her a star. Her health teacher set up a competition to see which student could get the most stars from the website. Castle has got 30 stars so far. Cameron Bartlett said she liked tracking the food and activities. "This is the first year we've done it," she said. "It's really interesting to see all of the different choices that we have." The seventh grade health class is coming to an end. They won't be in health class, but the students all said that they would go on to take part in the Fuel Up to Play 60. "There's lots of bad food out there that we've all been eating," Bartlett said "This really helps all of us eat healthier food." | ['What does the girl do every day when she returns to her home?', 'What does she do there?', 'What does the site tell her then?', 'who else is participating this?', 'And for how long?', 'Is it part of any school subject?', 'and which one?', "What information is given her if she hasn't done well?", 'And what does she get is she has done well?', 'How many stars has she received so far?', 'Do the kids plan on continuing the project?', 'For how long has the school done this?', 'Why is the school doing it?'] | {'answers': ['opens her computer and logs into a website called Fuel Up to Play 60', 'logs what she has eaten and activities she played that day', 'whether she has eaten healthily and done enough exercise', 'All the seventh graders in her school', 'since the year started', 'yes', 'health class', 'advice', 'a star', '30', 'yes', 'This is the first year', 'This really helps all of us eat healthier food'], 'answers_start': [69, 139, 245, 306, 374, 398, 417, 492, 554, 666, 973, 765, 1141], 'answers_end': [137, 221, 304, 348, 396, 429, 429, 498, 560, 696, 1059, 787, 1187]} |
3ggai1sqevye2s4pz5a1ioewxrqmcw | CHAPTER VI--SOAMES BREAKS THE NEWS
In leaving the Court Soames did not go straight home. He felt disinclined for the City, and drawn by need for sympathy in his triumph, he, too, made his way, but slowly and on foot, to Timothy's in the Bayswater Road.
His father had just left; Mrs. Small and Aunt Hester, in possession of the whole story, greeted him warmly. They were sure he was hungry after all that evidence. Smither should toast him some more muffins, his dear father had eaten them all. He must put his legs up on the sofa; and he must have a glass of prune brandy too. It was so strengthening.
Swithin was still present, having lingered later than his wont, for he felt in want of exercise. On hearing this suggestion, he 'pished.' A pretty pass young men were coming to! His own liver was out of order, and he could not bear the thought of anyone else drinking prune brandy.
He went away almost immediately, saying to Soames: "And how's your wife? You tell her from me that if she's dull, and likes to come and dine with me quietly, I'll give her such a bottle of champagne as she doesn't get every day." Staring down from his height on Soames he contracted his thick, puffy, yellow hand as though squeezing within it all this small fry, and throwing out his chest he waddled slowly away.
Mrs. Small and Aunt Hester were left horrified. Swithin was so droll! | ['Who is the main character in this passage?', 'Where did he go after leaving the courthouse?', 'What road?', 'Who was responsible when his father left?', 'What brandy were they talking about?', 'Who was hungry?', 'Were they suggesting giving him muffins?', 'Who were left horrified?', "Who asked, how's your wife?", 'Was Soames weak?'] | {'answers': ['Soames', "to Timothy's", 'the Bayswater Road.', 'Mrs. Small and Aunt Hester', 'prune brandy', 'Soames', 'yes', 'Mrs. Small and Aunt Hester', 'Swithin', 'no'], 'answers_start': [37, 180, 194, 283, 536, 365, 419, 1309, 609, 1122], 'answers_end': [89, 255, 255, 364, 580, 418, 461, 1355, 966, 1254]} |
34majl3qp4nal2j008z43rt25e643h | Is there anything the latest cell phone can't do? It can record movies, surf the net, and download the newest MP3 songs, but don't let those fancy features fool you.
After all, chances are that phones have a Global Positioning System (GPS) chip. GPS lets phone companies determine the location of your phone at all times. If you are hurt and call 911, rescuers can find you by using your phone's GPS.
But emergency officials aren't the only people interested in knowing where you are. Several new companies are using cell phones with GPS to monitor teen drivers for _ parents.
The programs vary, but most of them allow parents to use the Internet to monitor their kids' locations, driving habits and speed. Some programs even let parents set speed and location limits so that they are alerted if their kids drive too fast or go beyond a predetermined boundary.
Supporters of monitoring say that the programs also help if a teen is kidnapped or lost. Andrea Gutierrez uses a driving program to help her daughter get home. "I give her directions by looking at an online map, which shows me where she is".
Jean Nichols, 17, says that parents are forgetting one very important thing: trust. "I don't like the idea of someone using a device that keeps tabs on me."
Others say the information could be misused. "If everyone can find out exactly where your 17-year-old girl is at all times, it will present a potentially dangerous problem," Hohn Lawford told the Ottawa Citizen.
Alana Watenpuhl, 19, says that teens can easily outsmart the programs. "Teens can always leave their cell phones somewhere and then go out with their friends. It's not likely that the chips are attached to their bodies," she told reporters. "But who knows?" she added. "That might be what's coming next." | ['What do programs use to see where people are?', 'What does that stand for?', 'Where can you find this?', 'Are parents using this now?', 'For what?', 'Is Andrea Gutierrez a mother?', 'What does she help her daughter do?', 'How does she locate her?', 'What does Alana Watenpuhl think of the programs?', 'By who?', 'would this be hard for them?', "What's one simple thing they can do?", 'When?', 'What does she wonder might be next?', 'Is Jean Nichols fond of the programs?', 'What does he think is being violated?', 'How old is he?', 'What kind of restrictions can be set on kids by their parents?', 'What kind of speed would cause an alert to be sent?', 'What kind of boundaries can be broken?'] | {'answers': ['GPS', 'Global Positioning System', 'cell phones', 'yes', "tmonitor kid's location and driving habits", 'yrs', 'get home', 'an online map', 'they can be outsmarted', 'teens', 'no', 'leave their phones somewhere', 'when they go out', 'Imicrochips on their bodies', 'no', 'trust', '17', 'speed and location', 'high speed', 'location'], 'answers_start': [354, 209, 178, 601, 652, 957, 997, 1029, 1486, 1505, 1507, 1557, 1609, 1645, 1194, 1164, 1113, 713, 783, 712], 'answers_end': [403, 241, 247, 685, 713, 1029, 1028, 1110, 1557, 1556, 1555, 1644, 1643, 1790, 1270, 1199, 1129, 867, 867, 793]} |
30og32w0subzh8937xvwlr3znq4neb | CHAPTER XXVIII
VIRTUE TRIUMPHS
Mart maintained his deceptive cheer at the breakfast-table, and the haggard look of the earlier hour passed away as he resolutely attacked his chop. He spoke of his exile in a tone of resignation--mixed with humor. "Sure, the old dad will have the laugh on us. He told us this was the jumpin'-off place."
"What will we do about the house?" asked Bertha. "Will we sell or rent?"
"Nayther. Lave it as it is," replied he quickly. "So long as I live I want to feel 'tis here ready for ye whinever ye wish to use it. 'Tis not mine. Without you I never would have had it, and I want no other mistress in it. Sure, every chair, every picture on the walls is there because of ye. 'Tis all you, and no one else shall mar it while I live."
This was the note which was most piercing in her ears, and she hastened to stop it by remarking the expense of maintaining the place--its possible decay and the like; but to all this he doggedly replied: "I care not. I'd rather burn it and all there is in it than turn it over to some other woman. Go you to Ben and tell him my will concerning it."
This gave a new turn to her thought. "I don't want to do that. Why don't you go and tell him yourself?"
"Didn't the doctor say I must save meself worry? I hate to ask ye to shoulder the heavy end of this proposition." His face lost its forced smile. "I'm a sick man, darlin'; I know it now, and I must save meself all I can. Ye may send Lucius down and bring him up, or we'll drive down and see him; maybe the ride would do me good, but I can't climb them stairs ag'in." | ['How did Mart feel before breakfast?', 'Why?', 'How did he speak of it?', 'Does the house belong to him?'] | {'answers': ['Haggard', 'Because of his exile', 'In a tone of resignation mixed with humor', 'No'], 'answers_start': [35, 183, 184, 551], 'answers_end': [183, 249, 249, 565]} |
39jec7537u1xsfyydxbs5kx9ofdvcn | Experimental music is a general label for any music that pushes existing boundaries and genre definitions . Experimental compositional practice is defined broadly by exploratory sensibilites radically opposed to, and questioning of, institutionalized compositional, performing, and aesthetic conventions in music . Elements of experimental music include indeterminate music, in which the composer introduces the elements of chance or unpredictability with regard to either the composition or its performance. Artists may also approach a hybrid of disparate styles or incoprorate unorthodox and unique elements .
The practice became prominent in the mid-20th century, particularly in Europe and North America. John Cage was one of the earliest composers to use the term and one of experimental music's primary innovators, utilizing indeterminacy techniques and seeking unknown outcomes. In France, as early as 1953, Pierre Schaeffer had begun using the term """" to describe compositional activities that incorporated tape music, musique concrète, and elektronische Musik. Also, in America, a quite distinct sense of the term was used in the late 1950s to describe computer-controlled composition associated with composers such as Lejaren Hiller. Harry Partch as well as Ivor Darreg worked with other tuning scales based on the physical laws for harmonic music. For this music they both developed a group of experimental musical instruments. Musique concrète (French; literally, "concrete music"), is a form of electroacoustic music that utilises acousmatic sound as a compositional resource. Free improvisation or free music is improvised music without any rules beyond the taste or inclination of the musician(s) involved; in many cases the musicians make an active effort to avoid "clichés", i.e., overt references to recognizable musical conventions or genres. | ['What is the topic of this article?', 'When did this become prominent ?', 'On what continents was it generally found?', 'Who was one of the first people to use the term?', 'What "instrument" did Lejaren Hiller use in his works?', 'Did Harry Partch and Ivor Darreg use traditional instruments?', 'How did they get these instruments?', 'Is the element of change important to some types of this music?', 'Could this music include nontraditional musical scales?', 'Do some types of this music include multiple styles at the same time?'] | {'answers': ['Experimental music', 'mid-20th century', 'Europe and North America', 'John Cage', 'computer', 'No', 'they both developed them', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [0, 614, 614, 711, 1073, 1248, 1363, 314, 315, 509], 'answers_end': [1865, 667, 710, 771, 1247, 1362, 1442, 509, 612, 613]} |
3g5w44veu7iwtgkrgft4t2775x6kgj | Bob, Jim and Alice are good friends. They all study in the same class in Red Star Middle School. The weekend is coming and the weather is going to be sunny and warm. Now they are talking about their plans. Bob is going to the hospital on Saturday. It is not far from his house, so he wants to go there by bike. He is going to visit a sick boy called Ben in the hospital. He wants to make Ben happy and give him some interesting storybooks. He is going to stay there for the whole day. Jim is going to ride to Great Zoo with his father on Sunday. He wants to see the pandas, tigers, lions and elephants. He wants to stay there for the whole day. On Saturday, Alice is going to the Green Park with her friends on foot. She is going fishing by the lake, going boating on the river and playing on the slide . She plans to stay there for the whole afternoon. | ['Where do the friends go to school?', 'How many friends are there?', 'Are they planning on hanging out together over the weekend?', 'What does Alice plan on doing?', 'Is she going in the morning?', 'Will she go alone?', 'With who then?', 'What will Jim be doing?', 'with who?', 'When?', 'To see what?', 'How about Bob?', 'Is he hurt?', 'Why is he going?', 'Named?', 'for what?', 'What kind?', 'Is he going for a few hours?', 'For how long?', 'Is Ben healthy?'] | {'answers': ['Red Star Middle School.', 'Three', 'no', 'going to Green Park', 'no', 'no', 'her friends', 'going to Great Zoo', 'his father', 'on Sunday', 'the pandas, tigers, lions and elephants.', 'He is going to the hospital', 'no', 'to visit a sick boy', 'Ben', 'to make Ben happy and give him some storybooks', 'interesting', 'no', 'the whole day', 'no'], 'answers_start': [37, 0, 205, 658, 805, 658, 658, 485, 486, 485, 546, 206, 311, 311, 311, 371, 401, 439, 440, 311], 'answers_end': [96, 36, 717, 690, 853, 714, 715, 518, 535, 544, 602, 234, 370, 343, 369, 438, 438, 483, 483, 370]} |
3tvrfo09gkfiz8xzqp59wokhyurlxe | To get to the tennis court, Conner Stroud has to push his wheelchair there.
The 15-yea-old from North Carolina, US was born without legs. But when he picks up his racquet and begins to hit a ball, you quickly see that the young man just want to win.
Stroud began playing tennis at age 5 at the small tennis club his parents own. For years, he played against able-bodied players by putting rubber on the stumps of his legs. Though he was a foot (30.48cm) or two shorter than many of the players he played against, he won a number of matches. He became well-known enough that he got to meet Rafael Nadal, his favorite player at the US Open in 2013.
"The most important thing is that he's happy," Nadal told reports about Stroud after that 15-minute meeting. "He's playing tennis... That's a great example of being happy even if life doesn't give you everything."
Stroud started playing wheelchair tennis at 13 and now he is No 1 in the US.
Earlier this summer, he played for the US in the world's biggest junior wheelchair team tennis event --- the World Team Cup. He played six matches and won five of them as the US won the cup for the first time since 2000.
"He is a polite boy , but he will rip your heart out trying to beat you," Jason Harnett, a United States Tennis Association coach, said of Stroud. "You see that attitude in a lot of the best players, whether they are able-bodied or disabled.
Teenage players can often get disappointed and angry. Racquets sometimes get thrown. Players shout at themselves after missed shots. Stroud never does that.
" I just try to stay positive," Stroud said. "After every point, I try to say I'm going to win the next point, or the next game, or the next game, or the whole match.
" There's always room to be positive . You can always win another time." | ['When did Stroud start playing tennis?', 'Where?', 'Who owned it?', 'What was he missing at birth?', 'How did he play against people with legs?', 'What did he use rubber for?', 'Did this equalize their heights?', 'What difference remained?', 'How old is he now?', 'How does he get around?', 'What kind of tennis does he play?', 'Is he ranked?', 'What?', 'When did he start playing this?', 'When did he play in the World Team Cup?', 'How many matches was he in?', 'How many did he lose?', 'Who is his favorite player?', 'Did he meet him?', 'When?'] | {'answers': ['Age 5', 'At the tennis club', 'his parents', 'legs', 'his wheelchair', 'by putting it on the stumps of his legs', 'No', 'a foot (30.48cm) or two', '15', 'his wheelchair', 'wheelchair', 'Yes', 'No 1', 'At 13', 'Earlier this summer', 'six', 'He won five of them', 'Rafael Nadal', 'Yes', 'in 2013'], 'answers_start': [254, 290, 254, 78, 28, 344, 427, 434, 78, 0, 869, 924, 924, 869, 948, 1073, 1073, 578, 578, 578], 'answers_end': [290, 332, 331, 138, 74, 425, 515, 497, 112, 74, 909, 944, 944, 915, 1071, 1094, 1115, 626, 626, 649]} |
3tpzplc3m0cwav5jysrs6p4xv4zp3d | CHAPTER XX
Now, what is this that haunts me like my shadow, Frisking and mumming like an elf in moonlight! --BEN JONSON.
Peveril found the master of the vessel rather less rude than those in his station of life usually are, and received from him full satisfaction concerning the fate of Fenella, upon whom the captain bestowed a hearty curse, for obliging him to lay-to until he had sent his boat ashore, and had her back again.
"I hope," said Peveril, "no violence was necessary to reconcile her to go ashore? I trust she offered no foolish resistance?"
"Resist! mein Gott," said the captain, "she did resist like a troop of horse--she did cry, you might hear her at Whitehaven--she did go up the rigging like a cat up a chimney; but dat vas ein trick of her old trade."
"What trade do you mean?" said Peveril.
"Oh," said the seaman, "I vas know more about her than you, Meinheer. I vas know that she vas a little, very little girl, and prentice to one seiltanzer, when my lady yonder had the good luck to buy her."
"A seiltanzer!" said Peveril; "what do you mean by that?"
"I mean a rope-danzer, a mountebank, a Hans pickel-harring. I vas know Adrian Brackel vell--he sell de powders dat empty men's stomach, and fill him's own purse. Not know Adrian Brackel, mein Gott! I have smoked many a pound of tabak with him."
Peveril now remembered that Fenella had been brought into the family when he and the young Earl were in England, and while the Countess was absent on an expedition to the continent. Where the Countess found her, she never communicated to the young men; but only intimated, that she had received her out of compassion, in order to relieve her from a situation of extreme distress. | ['What did he smoke?', 'Who was an Earl in England?', 'A seiltanzer?', 'Who resisted?', 'Who was less rude?', 'What did the Countess do?', 'Who bestowed the curse and upon whom?', 'Who was the rope danzer?', 'Why did the Countess receive her?', 'How did she resist?', 'Who filled his purse?'] | {'answers': ['tabak', 'Adrian Brackel', 'Yes', 'Fenella', 'the master of the vessel', 'she intimated that she had received Fenella out of compassion', 'The captain, upon Fenella', 'Adrian Brackel', 'in order to relieve her from a situation of extreme distress', 'she cried and went up the rigging', 'Adrian Brackel'], 'answers_start': [1319, 1262, 1032, 291, 139, 1549, 291, 1162, 1655, 618, 1161], 'answers_end': [1325, 1276, 1181, 298, 163, 1654, 345, 1176, 1716, 737, 1176]} |
3rrcefrb7mcfoxndf1ealaretbzb45 | Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- One of Iran's biggest soccer stars has been kicked off his team for refusing to fast during the holy month of Ramadan, the team's website reported.
According to Steel Azin Football Club's website, star player Ali Karimi was fired from the club after dismissing several warnings by a club official.
"Respecting God's laws and honoring the sacred laws of Islam are of the utmost importance to Steel Azin and unfortunately these matters have not been adhered to by the named player," the report said.
The club also accused Karimi, 31, of insulting Iranian Football Federation officials.
According to Iran's semi-official ISNA news agency, Karimi denied any wrongdoing of that he had insulted Iran's Football Federation.
"I am a Muslim and I do respect Islam," Karimi said, according to ISNA.
Karimi -- dubbed the 'Maradona of Asia' and the 'Wizard of Tehran' -- is one of the most recognizable faces in Iranian sports.
After a four-year stint with UAE-based side Al-Ahli Karimi moved to Bundesliga side Bayern Munich where he played in the title-winning side led by Felix Magath.
Karimi grew into a pivotal attacker for Iran's national team, becoming the second most capped player in the sides' history and scoring 36 goals in 112 appearances.
National law in Iran states that all Muslims are required to observe fasting during the holy month of Ramadan which started on Thursday.
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3io1lgzlk9xa1mtkvdnfr6lrhya86i | Madeira is a Portuguese archipelago situated in the north Atlantic Ocean, southwest of Portugal. Its total population was estimated in 2011 at 267,785. The capital of Madeira is Funchal, located on the main island's south coast.
The archipelago is just under north of Tenerife, Canary Islands. Since 1976, the archipelago has been one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal (the other being the Azores, located to the northwest). It includes the islands of Madeira, Porto Santo, and the Desertas, administered together with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands. The region has political and administrative autonomy through the Administrative Political Statue of the Autonomous Region of Madeira provided for in the Portuguese Constitution. The autonomous region is an integral part of the European Union, having pronounced status as an outermost region of the European Union, as detailed in Article 299-2 of the Treaty of the European Union.
Madeira was claimed by Portuguese sailors in the service of Prince Henry the Navigator in 1419 and settled after 1420. The archipelago is considered to be the first territorial discovery of the exploratory period of the Portuguese Age of Discovery, which extended from 1415 to 1542.
Today, it is a popular year-round resort, being visited every year by about one million tourists, three times its population. The region is noted for its Madeira wine, gastronomy, historical and cultural value, flora and fauna, landscapes (Laurel forest) which are classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and embroidery artisans. Its annual New Year celebrations feature the largest fireworks show in the world, as officially recognised by "Guinness World Records" in 2006. The main harbour in Funchal is the leading Portuguese port in cruise liner dockings, being an important stopover for commercial and trans-Atlantic passenger cruises between Europe, the Caribbean and North Africa. Madeira is the second richest region of Portugal by GDP per capita, only surpassed by Lisbon. | ['How many tourist visit Madeira every year?', 'How much is that in relation to the population?', 'What is it recognized for?', 'When do they do a fireworks display?', 'is it a large show?', 'Where has it been recognized for this?', 'When?', 'Who was Madeira claimed by?', 'When?', 'When did they actually settle?', 'What is it considered to be during the exploratory period?', 'What was this period called?', 'How long did it last?', 'What ocean is it located in?', 'What type of region is it?', 'Since when?', 'How many islands does it include?', 'What union is it a part of?', 'What part?', 'What region?'] | {'answers': ['about one million', 'three times', 'Madeira wine', 'New Years,', 'Yes', '"Guinness World Records"', 'in 2006', 'Portuguese sailors', 'in 1419', 'after 1420.', 'the first territorial discovery', 'Portuguese Age of Discovery', 'from 1415 to 1542.', 'Atlantic Ocean', 'autonomous region', 'Since 1976', '3 with the separate archipelago of the Savage Islands', 'European', 'an integral part', 'an outermost region'], 'answers_start': [1286, 1310, 1370, 1578, 1577, 1660, 1673, 959, 959, 1054, 1077, 1165, 1178, 0, 296, 295, 434, 755, 754, 820], 'answers_end': [1340, 1368, 1577, 1659, 1658, 1720, 1720, 1001, 1053, 1078, 1172, 1206, 1241, 72, 379, 379, 575, 818, 797, 889]} |
3tk8ojtym1lgm472i2xypkwgnzavpl | (CNN) -- Rory McIlroy has won the Deutsche Bank Championship by one stroke after shooting a final round 67 at the TPC Boston on Monday.
The Northern Irishman finished on 20-under par, one stroke in front of overnight leader Louis Oosthuizen, who fired a final round 71.
The victory takes McIlroy's career tally of PGA Tour victories to five, three of which have come this season.
Tiger Woods finished third on 18-under par thanks to a final round 66 with Phil Mickelson (66) and Dustin Johnson (70) tied for fourth on 14 under.
McIlroy, who regained the world No.1 spot with victory in last month's U.S.PGA Championship, surged to the top of the leaderboard early on in his final round, firing five birdies on the opening nine.
It was a lead he never relinquished, despite the best efforts of Woods and, in particular, Oosthuizen -- the South African had a chance to force a playoff on the final green, but missed his birdie putt.
The win sees McIlroy replace American Nick Watney at the top of the FedExCup points standings while in finishing third, Woods passed another milestone in his remarkable career.
The 14-time major winner picked up $544,000, helping him become the first player to surpass $100 million in PGA Tour earnings.
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3a9aa95atwmzoasncbfllm2h90bp5o | (InStyle.com) -- Style, beauty and a certain je ne sais quoi is in the genes for these ultra-glamorous mother/daughter duos.
Goldie Hawn and Kate Hudson
Goldie made a name for herself starring in romantic comedies that highlighted her sense of humor as well as her acting chops.
If that sounds familiar, it's because it's the same exact career trajectory her gorgeous daughter Kate Hudson chose to take. Along with loads of talent, these two also share a love for a laid-back California-girl style.
Blythe Danner and Gwyneth Paltrow
Acclaimed actress Blythe Danner passed along regal good looks and a whole lot of talent to her Oscar-winning daughter. The consummately chic Gwyneth Paltrow is well on her way to becoming a lifestyle guru for her generation with her tip-filled e-mail newsletter GOOP.
InStyle.com: Hollywood's hottest moms
And, although her sexy ultra-minis may seem far afield from her mother's sophisticated suits, she draws inspiration from Blythe: "In her, I see the incredible beauty of someone who has lived a life."
Demi Moore and Rumer Willis
Rumer Willis scored more than just Demi Moore's raven locks and high cheekbones -- the up-and-coming actress has an all-access pass to her mother's killer wardrobe. Despite this shared resource, Rumer has developed her own enviable edgy-glam style, a true departure from mom's ever-ladylike looks.
Madonna and Lourdes Leon
With one of the world's most famous women as your mom, Lourdes Leon has some pretty tall -- and expensive -- shoes to fill.
But the teenager, who is helping her mum design a line of clothing for Macy's, is out to prove she's a creative force to be reckoned with, too. | ['What is the magazine posting this?', 'Are these people celebrities?', 'What is the last name of the first group?', 'What did the mother use to advance her career', 'Anything else?', 'Did her child do something different?', 'What is her first name?', 'Are they uptight people?', "Has Blythe's daughter won anything?", 'What did she win?', 'Does she wear mini-skirts?', 'Does her mother?', 'Does her daughter have a TV show?', 'What does she have, than?', 'What is it called?', 'Do Demi and her kid have blonde hair?', 'What color is it?', "Does Madonna's kid have the name of a city?", 'What is her name?', 'Does her mom have a line of clothing at Target?'] | {'answers': ['InStyle', 'Yes', 'Hawn and Hudson', 'her sense of humor', 'her acting chops', 'No', 'Kate', 'No', 'Yes', 'An Oscar', 'Yes', 'NO', 'No', 'An e-mail newsletter', 'GOOP', 'No', 'Raven', 'Yes', 'Lourdes', 'No'], 'answers_start': [1, 543, 133, 235, 265, 332, 383, 471, 638, 638, 876, 888, 786, 787, 805, 1133, 1133, 1397, 1397, 1609], 'answers_end': [8, 560, 154, 254, 281, 360, 387, 481, 652, 651, 887, 945, 809, 804, 809, 1144, 1139, 1404, 1404, 1615]} |
373erpl3yo8mlpjsqz18tx8arv2rtb | John Winston Ono Lennon, (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 19408 December 1980) was an English singer, songwriter, musician, and activist who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful and musically influential band in the history of popular music. He and fellow member Paul McCartney formed a much-celebrated songwriting partnership.
Born and raised in Liverpool, Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze as a teenager; his first band, the Quarrymen, was named the Silver Beatles, and finally evolved into the Beatles in 1960. When the group disbanded in 1970, Lennon embarked on a sporadic solo career that produced albums including "John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band" and "Imagine", and songs such as "Give Peace a Chance", "Working Class Hero", and "Imagine". After he married Yoko Ono in 1969, he added "Ono" as one of his middle names. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album "Double Fantasy". He was shot and killed in front of his Manhattan apartment three weeks after its release.
Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film and in interviews. Controversial through his political and peace activism, he moved from London to Manhattan in 1971, where his criticism of the Vietnam War resulted in a lengthy attempt by the Nixon administration to deport him. Some of his songs were adopted as anthems by the anti-war movement and the larger counterculture. | ['When was Lennon born?', 'What year?', 'What was his birth name?', 'Where was he born?', 'Was he raised there?', 'What was popular when he was a teen?', 'Did he have a band?', 'What was his first band?', 'Was it renamed?', 'What?', 'What was it in 1960?', 'How long did that last', 'How many years was that?', 'Was it a popular group?'] | {'answers': ['9 October', '1980', 'John Winston Lennon', 'Liverpool', 'Yes', 'skiffle craze', 'Yes', 'Quarrymen', 'Yes', 'Silver Beatles', 'Beatles', '1960 to 1970', '10 years', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [52, 77, 30, 373, 354, 413, 442, 463, 474, 488, 533, 565, 565, 532], 'answers_end': [62, 81, 50, 382, 382, 428, 457, 472, 503, 502, 541, 582, 582, 549]} |
3nkqq8o39y57ksfc83wyt4d8v9vdux | (CNN) -- The editor in chief of a newspaper in Benghazi, Libya, was shot and killed Monday morning, the latest in a recent campaign of killings across the city.
Muftah Buzeid was also a prominent analyst who frequently appeared on TV talk shows speaking out against Islamist extremism. His last such appearance was Sunday night.
Many Libyans are outraged over the killing, which is likely to add to the support for renegade Gen. Khalifa Haftar and his campaign against terrorism.
The deaths have mainly targeted security forces but also activists, journalists and judges.
The city has been almost emptied of Westerners as diplomatic missions shut after the 2012 attack on the U.S. Consulate that killed American Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans.
Officials and many residents blame the violence on Islamist extremist groups that have grown in size and influence since the 2011 revolution that overthrew longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
A weak central government has not been able to secure Benghazi or bring the perpetrators of the near-daily attacks to justice.
Ten days ago, Haftar launched a surprise ground and air assault on Islamist militia positions and bases in Benghazi, including attacks on Ansar al-Sharia, the group blamed in the U.S. Consulate attack.
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3lpw2n6lkt2cgf0jtxefvspgit1u5c | CHAPTER VIII.
AN INTERRUPTION.
Nathan, who had looked upon the men under Colonel Allen much as he had Corporal 'Lige, was literally amazed by this ready submission of the king's troops, standing silent and motionless by the side of Isaac as the garrison was paraded without arms, and the surrender made in due form.
Some days afterward Isaac learned that the spoils of war at this place were one hundred and twenty iron cannon, fifty swivels, two ten-inch mortars, one howitzer, one cohorn, ten tons musket-balls, three cartloads flints, thirty gun-carriages, a quantity of shells, a large amount of material for boat building, one hundred stand of small arms, ten casks of powder, two brass cannon, thirty barrels of flour and eighteen barrels of pork.
Forty-eight soldiers were surrendered and preparations were at once begun to send these, together with the women and children, to Hartford.
Hardly was the surrender made complete when such of the troops as had been left on the opposite shore under Seth Warner, arrived in a schooner, much to the surprise of all, until it was learned that Captain Herrick, who had been sent to Skenesborough to seize the son of the governor, had succeeded in his mission without bloodshed.
He took not only the young major, but twelve negroes and attendants, seized the schooner owned by the elder Skene, and had come down the lake in the early morning with the hope of aiding in the capture of Ticonderoga.
Isaac had supposed this victory would end the adventure, and was saying to himself that his experience had been rather pleasing than otherwise, so much so in fact that he almost regretted the time was near at hand for him to return home, when he saw, much to his surprise, a portion of the troops being formed in line as if to leave Ticonderoga. | ['What was Nathan amazed about?', 'Did they win that battle?', 'How many ended up giving up?', 'Where were they headed?', "Where were the king's troops standing?", 'Were there soldiers left elsewhere?', 'Where?', 'Who was in charge of them?', 'How did they show up?', 'Who was sent to Skeneborough?', 'Why?', 'And did he?', 'Were there any casualties?', 'What rank was the son?', 'Did he capture anyone else?', 'Who?', 'Who owned the boat they were in?', 'What time of day was it?', 'Why had they arrived?', 'Was Isaac excited to get home?'] | {'answers': ["the ready submission of the king's troops", 'yes', 'Forty-eight', 'to Hartford', 'by the side of Isaac', 'yes', 'on the opposite shore', 'Seth Warner', 'in a schooner', 'Captain Herrick', 'to seize the son of the governor', 'yes', 'no', 'major', 'yes', 'twelve negroes and attendants', 'Skene', 'morning', 'to aid in the capture of Ticonderoga.', 'no'], 'answers_start': [121, 287, 762, 762, 190, 948, 959, 978, 960, 1103, 1123, 1189, 1188, 1239, 1273, 1239, 1308, 1362, 1411, 1626], 'answers_end': [188, 318, 799, 900, 241, 1023, 1023, 1023, 1046, 1155, 1187, 1237, 1237, 1271, 1306, 1306, 1352, 1401, 1457, 1695]} |
3xcc1odxdlb9t9r09v7dosxn7j2qrl | Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels of the 19th century. These were Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters'.
Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs. Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care of the remaining three girls and a boy.
Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.
As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor; Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher , but there was no interest shown in Charlotte's book. (It was not published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her works. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.
Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of the book, and Anne died in 1849.
Charlotte published Shirley in 1849, and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis as her sisters had. | ['Who had TB?', 'When?', 'Did she get married?', 'to whom?', 'Did she have a brother?', 'What was his name?', 'What did he like to do?', 'When was her youngest sibling born?', 'Was it male or female?', 'And her name?', 'How old was Anne when she died?', 'How old was she?', 'Which sister had a hard time getting her book published?', 'When did it get printed?', 'Which book was too wild for the time?', 'Was it ever widely accepted?', 'What happened to the oldest 2 siblings?', 'What inspired the sisters to earn an income?', 'Which novel sold the most at first?', 'Who wrote it?'] | {'answers': ['Charlotte Bronte', '1855', 'yes', 'Arthur Bell', 'yes', 'Branwell', 'draw', '1820', 'female', 'Anne', '1849', '29', 'Charlotte', '1859', 'Wuthering Heights', 'yes', 'died of tuberculosis', "Branwell's art education", 'Jane Eyre', 'Charlotte Bronte'], 'answers_start': [88, 2017, 2015, 2034, 625, 639, 821, 619, 611, 611, 1947, 611, 1339, 1385, 1712, 1775, 2083, 870, 1610, 88], 'answers_end': [104, 2021, 2106, 2045, 664, 647, 828, 623, 615, 615, 1951, 623, 1350, 1389, 1729, 1863, 2123, 891, 1619, 104]} |
333u7hk6i9fy6c4iw4skm24xewdjdt | (CNN) -- A Portugal player embarrassed himself Monday with his crazy decision to use his head the wrong way and he got panned for the way he lashed out at an opponent.
That, and Portugal's play in a humbling 4-0 loss, were two of the lowlights on the fifth day of play in Brazil. As was a 0-0 draw that produced very little excitement.
But then there was the stunning goal by a U.S. player whose inclusion in the game was a surprise to many.
Here are a few of the day's big developments.
That's not nice
Pepe, Pepe, Pepe. Bad boy!
It is generally frowned upon to headbutt anyone, anytime -- unless it's Wrestlemania!
But if you're gonna do it -- and again, shame on you for thinking about it -- at least do it right.
That's not us, that Twitterazzi, who slammed the Portuguese player after he tapped German forward Thomas Muller in Monday's match with the crown of his head.
"The only man that can pull of a headbutt with class is Zinedine Zidane," wrote @YusufBambi, referring to the memorable 2006 World Cup incident in which the French great slammed his head into the chest of an Italian player.
"I'll rate that headbutt 1 #Zidane out of 5 #NeverGoFullPepe #WorldCup2014," said @MrNewports.
"Calling that a head-butt by Pepe is an insult to Zizou..... and (boxer Evander) Holyfield," wrote â€
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3e337gfol98x1m5udslkluob00dgn3 | Johnny Smith was a good math student at a high school. He loved his computer. He came home early every day, then he worked with it till midnight. But Johnny was not a good English student, not good at all. He got an F in his English class. One day after school Johnny joined his computer to the computer in his high school office. The school office computer had the grades of all the students: the math grades, the science grades, the grades in arts and music, and the grades in English. He found his English grade. An F! Johnny changed his English grade from an F to A. Johnny' parents looked at his report card. They were very happy.
"An A in English!" said Johnny's Dad. "You're a very clever boy, Johnny."
Johnny is a hacker. Hackers know how to take information from other computers and put new information in. Using a modem, they join their computers to other computers secretly. School headmasters and teachers are worried about hackers. So are the police, for some people even take money from bank computer accounts and put it into their own ones. And they never have to leave home to do it! They are called hackers. | ['What class was he failing?', "What's his name?", 'What grade did he eventually get in that course?', 'Did it stay that way?', 'What did it change to?', 'Was it earned honestly?', 'Who changed it?', 'how?', 'Was he failing any other courses?', 'What was his best subject?', 'What did he love?', 'How late did he stay up at night?', 'Were his parents displeased?', 'What is what he does with a computer called?', 'Who are some of the people concerned with that group?', 'Did his father think he was an idiot?'] | {'answers': ['English class', 'Johnny Smith', 'F', 'No', 'A', 'No', 'Johnny', 'he joined his computer to the computer in his high school office', 'No', 'math', 'his computer', 'till midnight', 'No', 'hacker', 'School headmasters and teachers', 'No'], 'answers_start': [206, 0, 216, 529, 568, 488, 522, 267, 394, 24, 64, 131, 614, 725, 890, 675], 'answers_end': [238, 12, 217, 569, 569, 570, 528, 329, 522, 28, 76, 144, 636, 732, 921, 709]} |
3jjvg1ybebxxkgrdt6xkq2xssv9b50 | (CNN) -- Do not go backstage at Cirque Du Soleil. It will only hurt your self-esteem.
Anthony Gatto says he's been in training since he was 3 years old and performing since he was 8.
In the performers' tent for the touring show "Kooza," there are the chiseled men catapulting their partners onto each other's shoulders from a giant see-saw and the woman doing contortions on children's-sized blocks.
You can only take so much of this before your ego needs normal.
Normal might be that man in the corner, wearing a T-shirt, shorts and sneakers throwing balls in the air. How hard can that be?
Your self-worth will be quickly dashed again when the man picks up a soccer ball, bounces it on his head and jumps rope at the same time. Moments later, he's juggling six or seven orange rings (they move so fast, it looks like a blur) and then does a pirouette -- while all the rings are in the air -- and then catches them on his arm. Watch the juggler in action »
You could say Anthony Gatto went into the family business. But his stepfather wasn't a farmer or a doctor. He was a juggler.
"By the time I was 8, I was entered into a juggling competition, and incidentally, that was the same competition that Patrick Dempsey, the actor, was in," Gatto said. "He used to be a juggler. We competed against each other. I took first, he took second. Now he's a big actor and here I am, juggling." | ["Why don't you want to go backstage?", 'How long has Gatto been training?', 'And performing?', 'What is the name of the event?', 'How many objects was the guy juggling?', 'Was his father a farmer?', 'A physician?', 'How old was he when he competed for the first time?', 'Who took first?', 'Second?'] | {'answers': ['It will only hurt self-esteem.', 'Since 3', 'since he was 8.', 'Kooza', '6 or 7', 'no', 'no', 'at 8', 'Anthony', 'Patrick Dempsey'], 'answers_start': [0, 88, 88, 187, 602, 970, 970, 1097, 1097, 1097], 'answers_end': [86, 185, 185, 404, 968, 1095, 1095, 1399, 1399, 1399]} |
3jrjswsmqhlsd4gtpebhcd5ti5l3eb | Former NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue on Tuesday rescinded punishments against four players in the New Orleans Saints bounty scandal.
The ruling overturned a decision made in October by Roger Goodell, the current commissioner, against Jonathan Vilma, Anthony Hargrove, Will Smith and Scott Fujita.
SI: Goodell the big loser here
Under the bounty program, Tagliabue wrote, Saints players were given incentives during the 2009 through 2011 seasons to render opposing players unable to play. They were called "cartoffs" and "knockouts."
In addition, it was alleged that the Saints offered a bounty for injuring Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre during the NFC Championship game in January 2010.
In October, after he upheld suspensions, Goodell appointed Tagliabue to review player appeals.
In his 18-page order, Tagliabue found that Fujita's actions "were not conduct detrimental" and vacated a one-game suspension imposed by Goodell.
Tagliabue wrote that Fujita "did not participate in the program including cartoffs and knockouts and that his participation in a 'non-injury' pay-for-performance pool is typically subject only to club discipline."
Tagliabue found that Hargrove, Smith and Vilma engaged in "conduct detrimental to the integrity of, and public confidence in, the game of professional football," but ordered their punishments also be rescinded.
Read Tagliabue's ruling (PDF)
Hargrove had been suspended for seven games but was credited with having served five. Goodell found that Hargrove falsely answered an NFL investigator's questions about the misconduct.
But Tagliabue said it was not clear Hargrove lied about the program and noted that he was "under tremendous pressure to follow the chain of command in order to keep his job." Tagliabue concluded that there was insufficient evidence that Hargrove's alleged misconduct merited a suspension. | ['What team was given incentives during 2009-2011?', 'Who did they call the big loser here?', 'What else was alleged against the saints?', 'How many pages was the order ?'] | {'answers': ['the Saints the saints', 'Goodell Goodell', 'alleged that the Saints offered a bounty. a bounty', '18-page order. Eighteen'], 'answers_start': [576, 307, 563, 815], 'answers_end': [586, 314, 603, 828]} |
308q0pevb8dq8b7v262io567awb9is | TUNIS, Tunisia (CNN) -- Polls closed late Sunday in Tunisia, the torchbearer of the so-called Arab Spring, but voters will not see results of national elections until Tuesday, officials said.
On Sunday, long lines of voters snaked around schools-turned-polling-stations in Tunis's upscale Menzah neighborhood, some waiting for hours to cast a vote in the nation's first national elections since the country's independence in 1956.
"It's a wonderful day. It's the first time we can choose our own representatives," said Walid Marrakchi, a civil engineer who waited more than two hours, and who brought along his 3-year-old son Ahmed so he could "get used to freedom and democracy."
Tunisia's election is the first since a popular uprising in January overthrew long-time dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and triggered a wave of revolutions -- referred to as the Arab Spring -- across the region.
More than 60 political parties and thousands of independent candidates competed for 218 seats in a new Constitutional Assembly, which will be charged with writing a new constitution and laying the framework for a government system.
Voters appeared jubilant on Sunday, taking photos of each other outside polling stations, some holding Tunisian flags.
"It's a holiday," said housewife Maha Haubi, who had just taken her position at the end of the long line of more than 1,000 voters waiting outside an elementary school in Menzah.
"Before we never even had the right to say 'yes' or 'no.'"
Nearby, banker Aid Naghmaichi said she didn't mind the long wait to vote. | ['Where is this taking place?', 'What is being voted on?', 'What day of the week did they vote?', 'When was the last one held?', 'What else happened then?', 'Where are people voting?', 'What is something they turned into a place to vote?', 'Did anyone have to wait?', 'When do they get to know who won?', 'Who speaks about this?'] | {'answers': ['Tunisia', 'Representatives are being chosen', 'Sunday', '1956', 'Country gained its independence', 'Menzah neighborhood', 'Schools', 'Yes', 'unknown', 'Cnn'], 'answers_start': [24, 435, 23, 312, 350, 194, 194, 312, -1, 0], 'answers_end': [192, 538, 62, 433, 432, 311, 271, 349, -1, 193]} |
37uewgm5ht8lc57joghynrpfy2t1r9 | Three New York courts have rejected one group's legal effort to grant captive chimpanzees in that state the same rights as a "legal person."
The Nonhuman Rights Project filed three separate suits on behalf of four chimpanzees in New York state last week in a bid to secure for Tommy, Kiko, Hercules and Leo -- all male chimps held in various parts of the state -- the "right to bodily liberty."
The lawsuits asked that the four chimpanzees be moved to a sanctuary "where they can live out their days with others of their kind in an environment as close to the wild as is possible in North America," the group said.
The group says it will appeal the courts' decisions.
"These outcomes allow the NhRP to proceed to the appellate courts," NhRP spokeswoman Stacey Doss told CNN.
Are we really different from animals?
NhRP founder and President Steven Wise said before the suits were filed that he would "be asking judges to recognize, for the first time, that these cognitively complex, autonomous beings have the basic legal right to not be imprisoned."
Tommy's owner, Pat Levery, dismissed the notion that he confines the 26-year-old chimp to a prison. Tommy lives in a cage on a trailer lot in Gloversville, New York.
"Totally ridiculous" he said of the lawsuit, which he has not read.
"I'd be happy to show you Tommy's home, to show you how well he is cared for," Levery said.
When reached by CNN Monday, he did not know the suit had been rejected. | ['What state was the case in?', 'What were they trying to do?', 'How many monkeys?', 'What organization did this?', 'What did they do?', 'Why did they do this?', "What are the monkeys' names?", 'What happened in court?', 'Who brought the case about?', 'Who was that?', 'What did he do?', 'Who were the other people involved?', 'What was her role?', 'What did she say?', 'What happened to the monkeys?', 'What did the owners say after?', 'Where is his house?', 'Where does the monkey stay?', 'How old is it?', "Who is it's caretaker?", 'Was the caretaker upset?'] | {'answers': ['New York', 'grant captive chimpanzees the same rights as a legal person', 'four', 'The Nonhuman Rights Project', 'filed three suits on behalf', 'so the four chimpanzees can be moved to a sanctuary', 'Tommy, Kiko, Hercules and Leo', 'they suits were rejected', 'the NhRP founder and President', 'Steven Wise', 'would be asking judges to recognize that the chimps have the legal right to not be imprisoned.', 'NhRP spokeswoman Stacey Doss', 'spokeswoman', 'that the outcomes allow the NhRP to proceed to the appellate courts', 'unknown', "that he'd be happy to show Tommy's home", 'in Gloversville, New York.', 'in a cage on a trailer lot', '26 years old', 'Pat Levery', 'yes'], 'answers_start': [0, 64, 211, 143, 143, 423, 279, 0, 825, 825, 905, 744, 744, 678, -1, 1308, 1165, 1165, 1134, 1065, 1234], 'answers_end': [21, 138, 227, 197, 227, 467, 327, 60, 851, 863, 1063, 772, 772, 781, -1, 1341, 1232, 1204, 1152, 1090, 1301]} |
32ktq2v7rdfc4uxmnl0agydor109m5 | Justice is the legal or philosophical theory by which fairness is administered. The concept of justice differs in every culture. An early theory of justice was set out by the Ancient Greek philosopher Plato in his work "The Republic". Advocates of divine command theory argue that justice issues from God. In the 17th century, theorists like John Locke argued for the theory of natural law. Thinkers in the social contract tradition argued that justice is derived from the mutual agreement of everyone concerned. In the 19th century, utilitarian thinkers including John Stuart Mill argued that justice is what has the best consequences. Theories of distributive justice concern what is distributed, between whom they are to be distributed, and what is the "proper" distribution. Egalitarians argued that justice can only exist within the coordinates of equality. John Rawls used a social contract argument to show that justice, and especially distributive justice, is a form of fairness. Property rights theorists (like Robert Nozick) take a deontological view of distributive justice and argue that property rights-based justice maximizes the overall wealth of an economic system. Theories of retributive justice are concerned with punishment for wrongdoing. Restorative justice (also sometimes called "reparative justice") is an approach to justice that focuses on restoring what is good, and necessarily focuses on the needs of victims and offenders. | ['Who wrote "The Republic"?', 'What was his nationality?', 'What was his job or occupation, what he is known for?', 'Who controls justice according to those who believe divine command theory?', 'Who controls justice according to those who believe in social contract tradition?', 'When did John Stuart Mill live?', 'What type of thinker was he known as?', 'What group believed that justice can only exist when people are equal?', 'Robert Nozick was known to be what type of theorist?', 'What theorists focus on restoration of good?', 'Restorative justice focus on the needs of what two groups?', 'Who was first to discuss and write about justice, John Stuart Mill or John Locke?', 'Was the “natural law” or the “social contract” view of justice discussed and written about first?'] | {'answers': ['Plato.', 'Greek.', 'Philosopher.', 'God.', 'Everyone concerned.', 'In the 19th century.', 'Utilitarian thinkers.', 'Egalitarians.', 'Property rights theorist.', 'Restorative justice', 'Victims and offenders.', 'John Locke.', 'Natural law.'], 'answers_start': [201, 174, 175, 235, 390, 512, 533, 779, 988, 1260, 1260, 307, 235], 'answers_end': [235, 207, 207, 305, 512, 582, 581, 861, 1035, 1389, 1452, 391, 391]} |
3zy8ke4isj31mg8hifcnppmqsu6qvf | Constantine the Great (; ; 27 February 272 AD – 22 May 337 AD), also known as Constantine I or Saint Constantine (in the Orthodox Church as Saint Constantine the Great, Equal-to-the-Apostles), was a Roman Emperor of Illyrian-Greek origin from 306 to 337 AD. He was the son of Flavius Valerius Constantius, a Roman Army officer, and his consort Helena. His father became "Caesar", the deputy emperor in the west, in 293 AD. Constantine was sent east, where he rose through the ranks to become a military tribune under Emperors Diocletian and Galerius. In 305, Constantius raised himself to the rank of "Augustus", senior western emperor, and Constantine was recalled west to campaign under his father in Britannia (Britain). Constantine was acclaimed as emperor by the army at Eboracum (modern-day York) after his father's death in 306 AD, and he emerged victorious in a series of civil wars against Emperors Maxentius and Licinius to become sole ruler of both west and east by 324 AD.
As emperor, Constantine enacted many administrative, financial, social, and military reforms to strengthen the empire. The government was restructured, and the civil and military authorities were separated. A new gold coin was introduced to combat inflation known as the solidus. It became the standard for Byzantine and European currencies for more than a thousand years. | ['who was emperor?', 'Who was his father?', 'When Did Constantine die?', 'What did Constantine become in 305?', 'When was Constantine declared Emperor?', 'What is the solidus?', 'Did he enact reforms as emperor?', 'When was Constantine emperor until?', 'How long was the solidus the standard currency?', 'Who was his mother?', 'What did his father become in 293 AD', 'Who acclaimed him as emperor?', 'Was he victorious against other Emperors?', 'Where was he sent?', 'What Emperors was he victorious against?', 'Did he enact military reforms?', 'Were the civil and military authorities combined?'] | {'answers': ['Constantine the Great', 'Flavius Valerius Constantius', '22 May 337', 'rank of "Augustus"', '306\xa0AD', 'gold coin', 'yes', '337\xa0AD', 'more than a thousand years', 'Helena', '"Caesar", the deputy emperor in the west', 'the army at Eboracum', 'yes', 'recalled west', 'Emperors Maxentius and Licinius', 'yes', 'no'], 'answers_start': [0, 258, 48, 551, 736, 1194, 987, 205, 1317, 332, 352, 724, 839, 641, 898, 987, 1106], 'answers_end': [212, 304, 58, 635, 837, 1265, 1105, 256, 1358, 350, 422, 784, 917, 670, 930, 1079, 1193]} |
3hl8hngx4516yk551ywxl8tfu1j9fv | CHAPTER II: The Jacobite Agent.
So twelve years passed. Ronald Leslie grew up a sturdy lad, full of fun and mischief in spite of the sober atmosphere of the bailie's house; and neither flogging at school nor lecturing at home appeared to have the slightest effect in reducing him to that state of sober tranquillity which was in Mrs. Anderson's eyes the thing to be most desired in boys. Andrew was less deeply shocked than his wife at the discovery of Ronald's various delinquencies, but his sense of order and punctuality was constantly outraged. He was, however, really fond of the lad; and even Mrs. Anderson, greatly as the boy's ways constantly disturbed and ruffled her, was at heart as fond of him as was her husband. She considered, and not altogether wrongly, that his wilderness, as she called it, was in no slight degree due to his association with her husband's brother.
Ronald looked forward to the periodical visits of the drover with intense longing. He was sure of a sympathetic listener in Malcolm, who listened with approval to the tales of the various scrapes into which he had got since his last visit; of how, instead of going to school, he had played truant and with another boy his own age had embarked in a fisherman's boat and gone down the river and had not been able to get back until next day; how he had played tricks upon his dominie, and had conquered in single combat the son of Councillor Duff, the butcher, who had spoken scoffing words at the Stuarts. Malcolm was, in fact, delighted to find, that in spite of repression and lectures his young charge was growing up a lad of spirit. He still hoped that some day Leslie might return, and he knew how horrified he would be were he to find that his son was becoming a smug and well conducted citizen. No small portion of his time on each of his visits to Glasgow Malcolm spent in training the boy in the use of arms. | ['Whose visits did Ronald look forward to?', 'how often did he visit?', 'he felt intense what?', 'how long passed?', 'what did Ronald grow up?', 'his surname?', "he's full of?", 'and', 'despite what?', 'where?', 'was he punnished at school?', 'how?', 'was he physically beaten at home?', 'what happened in place of physical punnishment?', 'did it work?', 'how should boys behave?', 'who thought that?', 'was her husband surprised?', 'did he like the youngster?', "Who did his wife blame the kid's wild ways?"] | {'answers': ['drover', 'periodically', 'in Malcolm', 'twelve years', 'sturdy lad', 'Leslie', 'fun', 'mischief', 'sober atmosphere', "bailie's house", 'yes', 'flogging', 'no', 'lecturing', 'no', 'sober tranquillity', 'Mrs. Anderson', 'not as much as herself', 'yes', "her husband's brother"], 'answers_start': [942, 917, 1009, 37, 82, 65, 102, 109, 135, 159, 186, 187, 210, 209, 249, 299, 331, 390, 575, 863], 'answers_end': [948, 927, 1019, 49, 92, 71, 105, 118, 151, 173, 205, 195, 219, 219, 266, 317, 344, 420, 590, 884]} |
3pw9opu9pqk48lqy9q2xmjh7nid21c | (CNN) -- Logan Stevenson's role as best man at his parents' wedding Saturday came just in time.
Logan, a 2-year-old terminally ill boy whose parents moved up their ceremony so he could witness it, died Monday night at his home in Jeannette, Pennsylvania, with family at his side, Westmoreland County Deputy Coroner John Ackerman said Tuesday.
The child died of complications from the genetic disorder Fanconi anemia, Ackerman said.
On Monday, Logan's parents, Christine Swidorsky and Sean Stevenson, held him for long periods after it became apparent that his death was near, his mother wrote on Facebook.
"At 8:18 my son took his last breath in my arms," the mother, now known as Christine Swidorsky-Stevenson, wrote Monday night. "Im so sad upset and im in disbelief he is with angels and he's in no more pain. no more sickness no more hospitals."
The parents had put off their wedding for two years, hoping that Logan's health would improve.
The wedding was set for July 2014, but after being told that Logan had just weeks to live due to leukemia brought on by the Fanconi anemia, his parents moved their wedding to Saturday.
"Under the circumstances of what the doctors told us, we just decided to go ahead and do it while he is still with us," Stevenson told CNN Pittsburgh affiliate KDKA.
On Saturday, Logan, dressed in a tan suit and an orange shirt matching his mom's bouquet, looked on as his parents exchanged vows in a backyard ceremony. Swidorsky carried her son down the aisle, and his grandmother then cradled him in her arms, his favorite brown teddy bear by his side. | ['What 2 year old was the best man at his parents wedding?', 'Was he sick?', 'With what?', 'Did something bad happen to him?', 'What happened?', 'When?', 'Who were his parents?', 'Did they get married?', 'Did he get to see it?', 'How long did his parents postpone the wedding?', 'Why did they move it up after waitin so long?', 'What did he wear to the ceremony?', 'What special thing did he bring with him?', 'Who reported this story?', 'In what market?'] | {'answers': ['Logan Stevenson.', 'Yes.', 'Fanconi anemia', 'Yes.', 'He died.', '8:18, Monday.', 'Christine Swidorsky and Sean Stevenson.', 'Yes.', 'Yes.', 'Two years.', 'Because of the circumstances.', 'A tan suit and an orange shirt.', 'A teddy bear.', 'CNN', 'Pittsburgh'], 'answers_start': [10, 98, 405, 347, 348, 615, 449, 1097, 99, 860, 1145, 1324, 1558, 1263, 1279], 'answers_end': [114, 137, 419, 361, 362, 738, 506, 1142, 194, 913, 1263, 1402, 1601, 1310, 1310]} |
3zwfc4w1uu7c2k1rvfwjctt90jvfrm | Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to prepare a banquet at No.10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20, offering a cut-price menu to reflect times when trade and industry are far from prosperous and the rate of employment is decreasing.
Downing Street sources say Oliver, the well-known chef, will cook using "honest high-street products" and avoid expensive or "fancy" ingredients.
The prime minister is trying to avoid a repeat of the embarrassment last year when he sat down to an 18-course banquet at a Japanese summit to discuss world food shortages.
Obama, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and other leaders will be served by apprentices from Fifteen, the London restaurant Oliver founded to help train young people in poverty in order to make a living by mastering a skill.
Brown wants the dinner to reflect the emphasis of the London summit, which he hopes will lead to an agreement to lift the world out of recession."To be invited to cook for such an important group of people, who are trying to solve some of the world's major problems, is really a privilege," said Oliver.
"I'm hoping the menu I'm working on will show British food and produce is some of the best in the world, but also show we have pioneered a high-quality apprentice scheme at Fifteen London that is giving young people a skill to be proud of."
The chef has not yet finalized me menu, but is expected to draw inspiration from his latest book, Jamie's Ministry of Food, which has budget recipes for beef and ale stew and "impressive" chocolate fudge cake. (
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3e4gguz1t8r6emckh08fryd6wlu2kq | "Mobile phones killed our man,"screamed one headline last year.Also came statements that an unpublished study had found that mobile phones cause memory loss. And a British newspaper devoted its front page to a picture supposedly showing how mobile phones heat the brain.For anyone who uses a mobile phone,these are worring times.But speak to the scientists whose work is the focus of these scared and you will hear a different story.
What we do have,however,are some results suggesting that mobile phones'emission have a variety of strange effects on living tissue that can't be explained by the general radiation biology.And it's only when the questions raised by these experiments are answered that we'll be able to say for sure what moblie phones might be doing to the brain.
One of the strange effects comes from the now famous "memory loss" study Alan Preece and his colleagues at the University of Bristol placed a device that copied the microwave emission of mobile phones to the left ear of volunteers.The volunteers were all good at recalling words and pictures they had been shown on a computer screen.Preece says he still can't comment on the effects of using a mobile phone for years on end.But he rules out the suggestion that mobile phones have an immediate effect on our cognitive abilities."I'm pretty sure there is no effect on short-term memory,"he says.
Another expert,Tatterasll,remarked that his latest findings have removed fears about memory loss.One result,for instance,suggests that nerve cell synapses exposed to microwaves become more--rather than less--receptive to under--going changes linked to the memory formation.
It would be an even happier outcome if microwave turned out to be good for you.It sounds crazy,but a couple of years ago a team led by William Adey at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in California,found that mice exposed to microwave for two hours a day were less likely to develop brain tumours when given a cancer--causing chemical.
So should we forget about mobile phone radiation causing brain tumours and making us unable to think clearly or reasonably?
"If it doesn't certainly cause cancer in animals and cells, then it probably isn't going to cause cancer in humans,"says William.And while there's still no absolute evidence that mobile phone does damage your memories or give your cancer,the _ is:Don't panic. | ['What did one headline say about mobile phones last year?', 'What did an unpublished study find mobile phones cause?', 'What was the name of the person who conducted the memory loss study', 'Where did he do the study?', 'Did he rule out the suggestion that mobile phones cause memory loss?', 'Did he determine there is an effect on short-term memory?', 'What did Tatterasll determine?', 'Who led the study on mice exposed to microwaves?', 'Where was the study conducted?', 'Did the study conclude that mice were more likely to develop brain tumours after being exposed to microwave?', 'Does the author think we should have some concern about mobile phone radiation?'] | {'answers': ['Mobile phones killed our man', 'They cause memory loss', 'Alan Preece', 'University of Bristo', 'No', 'No', 'He removed fears about memory loss,', 'William Adey', 'At the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in California', 'No', 'No'], 'answers_start': [1, 89, 783, 785, 1207, 1207, 1379, 1776, 1783, 1858, 2251], 'answers_end': [63, 156, 867, 914, 1309, 1309, 1475, 1994, 1855, 1994, 2381]} |
39owyr0epkrlzldd9aodkpm63adyfi | The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust and published in London. It is the United Kingdom's second biggest-selling daily newspaper after "The Sun". Its sister paper "The Mail on Sunday" was launched in 1982 while Scottish and Irish editions of the daily paper were launched in 1947 and 2006 respectively. Jonathan Harmsworth, 4th Viscount Rothermere, a great-grandson of the one of the co-founders, is the current chairman and controlling shareholder of the Daily Mail and General Trust, while day-to-day editorial decisions for the newspaper are usually made by a team around the editor, Paul Dacre.
A survey in 2014 found the average age of its reader was 58, and it had the lowest demographic for 15- to 44-year-olds among the major British dailies. Uniquely for a British daily newspaper, it has a majority female readership with women making up 52-55% of its readers. It had an average daily circulation of 1,510,824 copies in November 2016. Between July and December 2013 it had an average daily readership of approximately 3.951 million, of whom approximately 2.503 million were in the ABC1 demographic and 1.448 million in the C2DE demographic. Its website has more than 100 million unique visitors per month. | ['Who is the current chairman of the Daily Mail?', 'What is his title?', 'How is he related to one of the founders?', 'Who edits the paper?', 'Does he work alone?', 'What kind of paper is the Daily Mail?', 'Were is it published?', 'What entities own it?', "How many people visit the paper's website?", 'How old is the typical reader?'] | {'answers': ['Jonathan Harmsworth', '. , 4th Viscount Rothermere', "he's a great-grandson", 'Paul Dacre.', 'no', 'British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper', 'London', 'The Daily Mail is a British daily middle-market tabloid newspaper owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust', '100 million', '58'], 'answers_start': [372, 371, 373, 573, 573, 0, 0, 0, 1222, 671], 'answers_end': [556, 555, 466, 669, 670, 66, 131, 108, 1287, 732]} |
34qn5it0tzrfnb75to7yi5b03i108v | Washington (CNN) -- A trio of congressional Republicans passionately appealed to the Pentagon on Thursday to drop charges against three Navy SEALs accused of assaulting an Iraqi suspected of orchestrating the 2004 killing and mutilation of four U.S. contractors.
Flanked by about a dozen retired Navy SEALs at a news conference near the Capitol, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-California; Rep. Dan Burton, R-Indiana; and Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, insisted that the U.S. is sending the wrong message to its troops.
"These Navy SEALs were apprehending a terrorist murderer, and they are being accused of roughing him up? Give me a break! These men should be given medals, not prosecuted. These men are heroes," Rohrabacher said.
Burton agreed, saying, "These people are laying their lives on the line every day, and they can't go into a combat situation with kid gloves on."
The congressmen said they plan to present to Pentagon officials petitions signed by thousands of people supporting the SEALs.
The Iraqi suspect, Ahmed Hashim Abed, complained to investigators he was punched during his detention.
One of the three SEALs, Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew McCabe, 24, accused of assault, stood next to his attorney at the event Thursday. McCabe did not speak.
Gohmert said those who bring harm to Americans should not get the same judicial treatment as U.S. citizens.
"They get all their constitutional rights. Well, we've got heroes around who deserve the constitutional rights of an even better caliber. And yes, there are different levels of constitutional rights," he said. | ['who agreed with Rohrabacher', 'how many republicans appealed to the pentagon?', 'what rank was Matthew McCabe?', 'how many SEALs were accused?', 'how old is McCabe?', 'what is he accused of?', 'how many people signed petitions supporting the SEALs?', 'what state does Rohrabacher represent?', 'and Gohmert?', 'who represents Indiana?', 'who flanked them at the news conference?', "what were the assaulted Iraqi's suspected of?"] | {'answers': ['Burton', 'Three', 'Petty Officer 2nd Class', 'three', '24', 'assault', 'thousands', 'California', 'Texas', 'Dan Burton', 'retired Navy SEALs', 'orchestrating the 2004 killing and mutilation of four U.S. contractors'], 'answers_start': [730, 20, 1135, 129, 1159, 1179, 941, 358, 428, 390, 265, 171], 'answers_end': [743, 78, 1172, 154, 1177, 1197, 981, 383, 444, 411, 308, 261]} |
34fnn24dcm9txoko3yb4ydvtede5yf | (CNN) -- Gov. David Paterson had no intention of appointing Caroline Kennedy to fill the Senate seat vacated by Hillary Clinton, a source close to the New York governor told CNN Thursday.
Caroline Kennedy has withdrawn her name from consideration for Hillary Clinton's Senate seat.
The source told CNN that Paterson did not think Kennedy was "ready for prime time," citing her efforts, at times awkward, to try to win the appointment.
"She clearly has no policy experience and couldn't handle the pressure," said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. "Why would he pick her given how badly she handled herself in recent weeks?"
Kennedy, 51, cited personal reasons for her decision not to continue pursuing the Senate seat. She informed the media at midnight, as Wednesday turned to Thursday.
Paterson is charged with naming a replacement for Clinton, who resigned her seat to become the secretary of state in President Obama's administration. Paterson will appoint someone to hold the seat until a new election is held in 2010.
A Kennedy ally, though, denied Kennedy had any indication Paterson was leaning against choosing her to fill out Clinton's term.
And another Kennedy confidante said Kennedy allies are getting frustrated about what they perceive as the governor's insiders slighting her.
Paterson, who is expected to name his choice Friday, has been coy about who he will pick to replace Clinton. Kennedy had been very public in expressing her interest in the seat by meeting with state and community leaders throughout the state. | ['Who is the Govenor?', 'What state does he govern?', 'Why did Hillary leave her position?', 'Of what administration?', 'Why did Caroline withdraw her name?', 'Why would Patterson not choose her?', 'When will the choice be announced', 'How old is Kennedy?', 'When did she annouce her withdraw?', 'Could she withstand the pressure of the job?'] | {'answers': ['David Paterson', 'New York', 'resigned to become secretary of state', "Obama's", 'personal reasons', 'Kennedy was not "ready for prime time"', 'Friday', '51', 'midnight', 'No'], 'answers_start': [9, 151, 920, 988, 695, 286, 1372, 695, 789, 441], 'answers_end': [29, 169, 975, 1010, 789, 370, 1423, 706, 859, 514]} |
3eqhhy4hqsstbxzo9spyrdop9n0g5g | (CNN) -- Armed renegade soldiers walked through Mali's damaged presidential palace on Thursday, hours after the troops' leaders claimed to have ousted the West African nation's democratically elected leader.
Shell casings, bullet-ridden cars and shattered windows were evident in video from outside the palace, as well as at least one burned-out room inside.
And there was no sign of or indication of what happened to President Amadou Toumani Toure, with the military group's apparent leader Capt. Amadou Sanogo saying little about him beyond that he was "safe."
Still, within much of Mali on Thursday night, the situation appeared to be relatively calm as most people appeared to have abided by coup leaders' call for a nighttime curfew.
Amadou Konare, a spokesman for the troops behind the apparent coup, asked citizens to return to their jobs Friday, though he gave no timetable as to when Mali's borders would reopen.
Earlier Thursday, Konare was among a group of soldiers wearing fatigues who said on television that they had suspended the constitution and dissolved public institutions because of the government's handling of an insurgency.
"Considering the incapacity of the regime in effectively fighting against terrorism and restoring dignity to the Malian people, using its constitutional rights, the armed forces of Mali, along with other security forces, have decided to take on their responsibilities to put an end to this incompetent regime of President Amadou Toumani Toure," said Konare.
Surgeons told an aid worker -- who asked to remain anonymous -- that 29 people who had been injured as a result of the recent unrest were in Bamako's main hospital, while another nine were in a medical facility in Kati, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) to the northwest. | ['What were some things to be seen not in the palace?', 'What was his name?', 'Who was walking in the palace?', 'What kind?', 'Who had they gotten rid of?', 'What kind of leader was he?', 'From where?', "And where's that?", 'On what day?', 'Why was it calm by nightfall in the streets?'] | {'answers': ['the former President', 'Amadou Toumani Toure', 'soldiers', 'renegade', 'Toure', 'democratically elected', 'Mali', 'In West Africa', 'Thursday', 'due to a curfew'], 'answers_start': [364, 422, 9, 10, 105, 155, 0, 154, 85, 569], 'answers_end': [566, 566, 208, 208, 208, 208, 208, 208, 208, 745]} |
3zpbjo59kp12f69s84pzapoi0x7hd5 | The girl was scared. She had been lost in the woods for over an hour. Then she heard something howling in the distance. Finally, it was getting dark. It all made her more scared than she had ever been. The howling grew louder. Then the girl came into a small opening in the woods. And she saw the wolf! She was so scared she cried out, "Please don't eat me Mr. Wolf!" A grey wolf, with grey fur, black eyes, and white teeth looked at her. Then he let out a big, wolf laugh. "Haha, I am not going to eat you! I don't like to eat humans! They taste bad. Plus, I am full! Do you want some spaghetti? It's been cooking for days! I was going to make some salad but I am out. I'll go to the grocery store tomorrow, I haven't been there in months!" The girl was confused. A wolf who ate salad? But she was hungry. So she sat down and ate with the wolf. He was so pleased she ate with him he gave her a map. Then he showed her how to get out of the woods. Her mother would never believe her. | ['Who was lost?', 'where was she lost at?', 'how long had it been?', 'how was she feeling?', 'what noise did she hear?', 'was it close by?'] | {'answers': ['She was', 'in the woods', 'over an hour.', 'scared', 'howling', 'no'], 'answers_start': [21, 21, 21, 149, 70, 70], 'answers_end': [51, 52, 69, 178, 102, 120]} |
30og32w0subzh8937xvwlr3zmfeney | CHAPTER XXVII. THE DYING KING
Die in terror of thy guiltiness, Dream on, dream on of bloody deeds and death, Fainting, despair, despairing yield thy breath KING RICHARD III.
A few days later, when Berenger had sent out Philip, under the keeping of the secretaries, to see the Queen-mother represent Royalty in one of the grand processions of Rogation-tide, the gentle knock came to his door that always announced the arrival of his good surgeon.
'You look stronger, M. le Baron; have you yet left your room?'
'I have walked round the gallery above the hall,' said Berenger. 'I have not gone down-stairs; that is for to-morrow.'
'What would M. le Baron say if his chirurgeon took him not merely down-stairs, but up on flight at the Louvre?'
'Ha!' cried Berenger; 'to the King?'
'It is well-nigh the last chance, Monsieur; the Queen-mother and all her suite are occupied with services and sermons this week; and next week private access to the King will be far more difficult. I have waited as long as I could that you might gain strength to support the fatigue.'
'Hope cancels fatigue,' said Berenger, already at the other end of the room searching for his long-disused cloak, sword, gloves, hat, and mask.
'Not the sword,' said Pare, 'so please you. M. le Baron must condescend to obtain entrance as my assistant--the plain black doublet--yes, that is admirable; but I did not know that Monsieur was so tall,' he added, in some consternation, as, for the first time, he saw his patient standing up at his full height--unusual even in England, and more so in France. Indeed, Berenger had grown during his year of illness, and being, of course, extremely thin, looked all the taller, so as to be a very inconvenient subject to smuggle into to palace unobserved. | ['Who was really skinny?', 'Did he appear short?', 'Which king is mentioned?', 'Who was representing royalty in a grand procession?', 'Did Berenger go downstairs?', 'Where did he go?', "Who knocked on Berenger's door?", 'Who did Berenger send out?', 'Who is busy with services and sermons all week?', 'Will it be easier to get to the king next week?', 'Is Berenger looking for his shoes?', 'What is he trying to find?', "What is the surgeon's name?", 'Is he pleased that Berenger is taking his sword?', 'Is Berenger going to disguise himself?', 'What is he going to pretend to be?', 'Does Pare know how tall Berenger is?', 'Was everyone tall in those days?', 'Who was taller, the French or English?', 'How long has Berenger been sick?'] | {'answers': ['Berenger', 'No', 'RICHARD III.', 'the Queen-mother', 'No', 'round the gallery above the hall,', 'his good surgeon', 'Philip', 'the Queen-mother and all her suite', 'No', 'No', 'his cloak, sword, gloves, hat, and mask.', 'Pare', 'No', 'Yes', "Pare's assistant", 'No', 'No', 'English', 'one year'], 'answers_start': [1593, 1679, 165, 278, 584, 534, 434, 225, 837, 926, 1156, 1170, 1248, 1227, 1270, 1270, 1387, 1538, 1538, 1624], 'answers_end': [1602, 1701, 177, 295, 613, 567, 450, 231, 871, 990, 1224, 1223, 1252, 1252, 1332, 1332, 1428, 1586, 1586, 1639]} |
3g0wwmr1uvkoebz8goqwf8sd6njqn5 | There was once a beautiful nymph called Echo. But Echo had one failing; she was fond of talking, and whether in chat or argument, would have the last word. As she was good company, she and Zeus became good friends. However, Zeus' wife, Hera, became jealous. She followed Zeus to the earth to find out what he was doing and Zeus asked Echo to distract Hera until he could escape. Later when Hera discovered she had been tricked, she became very angry. She turned on Echo and said, "You shall lose the use of your tongue because you cheated me. You'll have the last word, bur no longer have the power to speak first." So from that moment on, Beautiful Echo was hardly able to hold a conversation because she could only repeat the last words of those around her. She became very embarrassed and hid herself deep in the woods.
One day a handsome young man called Narcissus came into the woods. He had been hunting deer and lost his way. However, the moment Echo saw him, she fell in love with him. She followed him, wishing to tell him but unable to begin a conversation. Oh, how she wished she could speak first. Unfortunately, Narcissus was far too busy worrying about where his companions might be and how he could find his way home.
Eventually Narcissus, with Echo following behind along, came to a pool of water in the middle of the woods. Feeling thirsty, Narcissus bent down to drink. As he did so, he saw a beautiful creature in the water staring up at him. He immediately bent over and said to him, "I love you!" Echo, nearby, and seeing her chance, immediately responded ".... I love you!" But it was too late. Narcissus was already in love, with himself.
The stranger seemed to rise up closer to Narcissus who was so involved that he entirely failed to notice Echo. "I want to stay and look at this beautiful sight forever," he whispered dreamily to himself."... Forever," repeated Echo sadly. "Come here," called Narcissus to his reflection as he moved his head and the creature seemed to move away. "...Here." responded Echo. Narcissus bent back down to see his reflection more clearly. "So beautiful! I've never seen anything so beautiful!" "....So beautiful!" responded Echo truthfully.
Narcissus remained by the water refusing all Echo's silent offers of food and drink until he died. Where he had been, a flower grew in his place, as beautiful as Narcissus himself. As for Echo, from that time forward, she also didn't eat or drink till she turned to rocks and all that was left was her voice. Even now you can still hear Echo trying to attract Narcissus' attention by repeating his words and still see Narcissus as a beautiful flower growing near a pool. | ['what was Echo?', 'what is her fault?', 'who did she become friends with?', 'Did his wife like that?', 'how did she feel?', 'what;s her name?', 'how did Echo trick Her?', 'could she hold a conversation?', 'what could she say?', 'where did she hide?', 'who came into the woods?', 'what had he been doing?'] | {'answers': ['a beautiful nymph', 'talking', 'Zeus', 'no', 'jealous.', 'Hera', 'distracted her', 'no', 'she could only repeat the last words of those around her.', 'deep in the woods.', 'Narcissus', 'hunting deer'], 'answers_start': [0, 45, 181, 214, 224, 224, 323, 650, 702, 759, 825, 891], 'answers_end': [45, 96, 215, 256, 257, 240, 378, 759, 759, 823, 891, 934]} |
3dh6gaktyypr424damiknh2offgzyg | (CNN) -- Accused "barefoot bandit" Colton Harris-Moore was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury in connection with a series of airplane and boat thefts in the Pacific northwest, federal prosecutors in Washington state said.
The 19-year-old gained notoriety for allegedly stealing planes and flying without a pilot's certificate -- sometimes without shoes.
The teen had been on the run since he walked away from a juvenile halfway house in Renton, Washington, in 2008, according to court records. He was captured on July 11 in the Bahamas after flying 1,000 miles in a stolen plane from Indiana, authorities said.
On Wednesday, Harris-Moore was indicted on five counts, including interstate transportation of a stolen aircraft for allegedly flying a Cessna aircraft from Bonners Ferry, Idaho, to near Granite Falls, Washington on September 29, 2009, the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle said.
He is also charged with interstate and foreign transportation of a stolen firearm for allegedly stealing a .32 caliber pistol in Canada and carrying it into Idaho and on the stolen plane he flew to the Granite Falls area, according to the indictment.
In addition, Harris-Moore is accused of piloting an aircraft without an airman's certificate for a flight he allegedly made in a stolen plane from Anacortes to Eastsound, Washington, on February 10, 2010.
Another charge relates to allegations that he stole a 34-foot boat in Ilwaco, Washington, and sailed to Oregon on May 31, 2010, the indictment says.
He faces a weapons possession charge for allegedly carrying a Jennings .22 caliber pistol while he was a fugitive between October 1, 2009, and May 6, 2010. | ['How big was the watercraft?', 'Where was it taken from?', 'In what state?', 'And where did he go?', 'When?', 'Was he indicted for this?', 'Who is not wearing shoes?', 'Does he have a nickname?', 'How old is he?', 'What did he escape from?', 'where?', 'When?', 'Was he caught?', 'Where?', 'How?', 'How did he getaway?', 'from where?', 'How far did he fly?', 'What was stolen in Canada', 'Where did he take it?'] | {'answers': ['34-foot', 'Ilwaco', 'Washington', 'Oregon', 'May 31, 2010', 'Yes', 'Colton Harris-Moore', '"barefoot bandit"', '19', 'juvenile halfway house', 'Renton', '2008', 'Yes', 'Bahamas', 'unknown', 'stolen plane', 'from Indiana', '1,000 miles', '.32 caliber pistol', 'Idaho'], 'answers_start': [1421, 1410, 1437, 1456, 1461, 1367, 9, 16, 232, 366, 422, 401, 506, 506, -1, 506, 506, 548, 974, 972], 'answers_end': [1434, 1443, 1455, 1477, 1493, 1516, 54, 54, 248, 455, 467, 476, 533, 547, -1, 623, 603, 572, 1042, 1069]} |
30og32w0subzh8937xvwlr3znj5ney | One day last November, Tom Baker stopped out of his house into the morning light and headed across the rice fields toward the bank of the Rapti River. Tom, a 32-year-old school teacher in the farming village of Madanpur, was going for his morning bath. As he approached the river, the head of a tiger suddenly appeared over the edge of the river bank. Before he could turn to run, the tiger was upon him. It jumped on his shoulder and threw him to the ground, its huge jaws attacked his head in a killing bite. Peter Smith was also on his way to the river and saw the attack. He screamed. The tiger lifted its head and roared at him. Peter ran. From the window of his house John Brown heard the tiger roar and ran out to see it attacking a man. He screamed, too, and all the villagers ran out shouting as the tiger dropped its victim and ran off. When the villagers reached the river bank, Tom was already dead. For the villagers, the horror of the incident intensified by the tales of man-eating tigers that has once run around in the countryside, killing hundreds. | ['Who left his house in the morning light?', 'How old is he?', 'What is his profession?', 'Where does he work?', 'In what kind of village?', 'Did he die?', 'Did someone see the attack?', 'Did more than one person see it?', 'Who saw it?', 'And who else?', 'Did Tom scream?', 'Which body of water was he headed to?', 'Which month did this occur?', 'What creature killed him?', 'What body part was the killing bite?', 'Did Peter take off running?'] | {'answers': ['Tom Baker', '32', 'school teacher', 'Madanpur', 'farming', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Yes', 'Peter Smith', 'John Brown', 'Yes', 'Rapti River', 'November', 'tiger', 'head', 'Yes'], 'answers_start': [23, 158, 170, 211, 192, 890, 511, 674, 511, 674, 745, 138, 12, 294, 487, 634], 'answers_end': [32, 160, 184, 219, 199, 910, 522, 684, 522, 684, 761, 149, 21, 300, 491, 643]} |
3e4gguz1t8r6emckh08fryd6wrn2kv | Devon (), also known as Devonshire, which was formerly its common and official name, is a county of England, reaching from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south. It is part of South West England, bounded by Cornwall to the west, Somerset to the northeast, and Dorset to the east. The City of Exeter is the county town; seven other districts of East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, and West Devon are under the jurisdiction of Devon County Council; Plymouth and Torbay are each a part of Devon but administered as unitary authorities. Combined as a ceremonial county, Devon's area is and its population is about 1.1 million.
Devon derives its name from Dumnonia, which, during the British Iron Age, Roman Britain, and Early Medieval was the homeland of the Dumnonii Brittonic Celts. The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain resulted in the partial assimilation of Dumnonia into the Kingdom of Wessex during the eighth and ninth centuries. The western boundary with Cornwall was set at the River Tamar by King Æthelstan in 936. Devon was constituted as a shire of the Kingdom of England thereafter.
The north and south coasts of Devon each have both cliffs and sandy shores, and the county's bays contain seaside resorts, fishing towns, and ports. The inland terrain is rural, generally hilly, and has a low population density in comparison to many other parts of England. Dartmoor is the largest open space in southern England at , its moorland extending across a large expanse of granite bedrock. To the north of Dartmoor are the Culm Measures and Exmoor. In the valleys and lowlands of south and east Devon the soil is more fertile, drained by rivers including the Exe, the Culm, the Teign, the Dart, and the Otter. | ['What county in England got its name from Dumnonia?', 'Does it go by any other names?', 'What?', 'What was Dumnonia?', 'When was that?', 'Where in England is Devon located?', 'Does any of the county have fertile soil?', 'Where?', 'Is Devon a coastal town?', 'What kind of terrain is the coast?', 'Does it have any ports?', 'What else is along the coast?', 'What is it like inland?', 'What rivers are nearby?', 'What is the population of Devon?', 'How many districts does it have?', 'What are the names of them?', 'Are they all under the Devon County Council jurisdiction?', "Which aren't?", 'Where does Devon reach from on the map?'] | {'answers': ['Devon', 'Yes', 'Devonshire', 'the homeland of the Dumnonii Brittonic Celts', 'during the British Iron Age, Roman Britain, and Early Medieval', 'South West', 'Yes', 'In the valleys and lowlands of south and east', 'Yes', 'cliffs and sandy shores', 'Yes', 'seaside resorts and fishing towns', 'rural and generally hilly', 'the Exe, the Culm, the Teign, the Dart, and the Otter', '1.1 million', 'Eight', 'The City of Exeter, East Devon, Mid Devon, North Devon, South Hams, Teignbridge, Torridge, and West Devon', 'No', 'Plymouth and Torbay', 'from the Bristol Channel in the north to the English Channel in the south'], 'answers_start': [691, 24, 0, 691, 691, 193, 1622, 1622, 1163, 1163, 1163, 1239, 1312, 1622, 632, 311, 311, 513, 513, 85], 'answers_end': [727, 226, 35, 847, 847, 310, 1782, 1698, 1311, 1237, 1310, 1299, 1562, 1782, 687, 511, 460, 598, 598, 191]} |