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question:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: It was evening rush hour on Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach, CA. Drivers lined up from traffic signal to traffic signal and were anxious to get home. On a side street merging into this highway was a timid driver who was afraid to edge in and no one let her in. Some of the drivers backed up behind her and loudly blasted their horns. This made her more upset and nervous. On the right of this side street, the signal on Pacific Coast Highway turned red and traffic stopped. A driver who saw what was happening to this woman stopped a few car lengths behind her car and motioned to her to pull in front of his car. She quickly did and as he waited, two more cars dashed in behind her car. While the woman he'd helped waited for the signal to turn green, she sank into her driver's seat and was deeply relieved. Although this thoughtful man couldn't see it, her body language expressed her gratitude. If you've been in a traffic situation like the one she was in, you know how upsetting it can be. But this little act of kindness allowed her to safely reach her home. She told others about this, which encouraged them to do something nice for someone else. This kindness spreads. Someone does something nice for you and in turn you're likely to do something nice for that person or for someone else. A simple act of kindness could have a widespread effect. It's like a stone that drops in a pond and causes ripples in each direction. No one knows how far those ripples will travel but they will affect everything they touch along the way. Question: How does the writer feel about the behavior of the man who helped the lady? Options: A: Worried. B: proud C: Upset. D: Moved. The answer to this question is:
answer:D: Moved. The writer seems to feel moved by the behavior of the man who helped the lady, which they describe as "this little act of kindness." The article goes on to discuss how acts of kindness can have a widespread effect and encourage others to pay them forward, similar to ripples in a pond. The positive and empathetic tone of the text suggests that the writer is touched by the man's actions and their subsequent impact.
question:Instructions: You are given a sentence in English. Your job is to translate the English sentence into Portugese. Input: It sounds like Milton Friedman or Ronald Reagan. Output:
answer:Parece com Milton Friedman ou Ronald Reagan.
question:Federal authorities said on Sunday they were in contact with local police investigating the killing of a black teenager last month by a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated Florida community, an incident that has raised alarm among civil rights leaders. On February 26, 17-year-old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed as he walked through a gated neighborhood, where he was visiting family. George Zimmerman, 28, who is white, has said he shot Martin in self-defense. Police in Sanford, Florida, about 20 miles north of Orlando, have not charged Zimmerman. Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Martin's family, said the 17-year-old boy was shot in cold blood. He has said Zimmerman should be arrested and he wants federal authorities to take over the case. The FBI is "aware of the incident. We have been in contact with local authorities and are monitoring the matter," said Chris Allen, an FBI spokesman in Washington. A spokeswoman for the Justice Department's civil rights division, which typically investigates incidents involving police, had no immediate comment. The shooting has cast a spotlight on Florida's so-called "Stand Your Ground" law, which was passed under then-Governor Jeb Bush in 2005 and allows the use of guns or other deadly force as a means of self-defense in public places without first trying to back off from a confrontation. The law, copied by more than a dozen states, was supported by the National Rifle Association. Zimmerman's father, Robert Zimmerman, said in a letter to the Orlando Sentinel that his son was a "Spanish-speaking minority with many black family members and friends." He denied that Zimmerman followed or confronted Martin. "The portrayal of George Zimmerman in the media, as well as the series of events that led to the tragic shooting are false and extremely misleading." Martin was walking to a convenience store to buy some candy for his brother at the time of the incident, family lawyer Crump said earlier this month. Martin, who lived in Miami with his mother, was visiting Sanford. Pressure has mounted on federal authorities to take part in the investigation, following last week's release of recorded 911 emergency calls from the incident. In the months leading up to the shooting, Zimmerman had called police numerous times to report incidents. On February 26, the night Martin was shot, Zimmerman called 911 and said there had been break-ins in the neighborhood and there was "a real suspicious guy" who "looks like he's up to no good." The dispatcher asked Zimmerman if he was following the person. When Zimmerman replied that he was, the dispatcher said, "We don't need you to do that." Area residents reported a scuffle in other emergency calls. In one recording - posted by the Orlando Sentinel and other media - a scream could be heard followed by the sound of a gunshot. In another recording, two shots can be heard. Late on Friday, after police played 911 calls for them, lawyers for Martin's family told a news conference they planned to ask for a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. Martin's parents told a news conference on Friday they did not trust the Sanford police. "I feel betrayed by the Sanford Police Department and there's no way that I can still trust them in investigating this crime," said Martin's father, Tracy Martin. Crump called the 911 calls "shocking." Sanford Police Chief Bill Lee Jr. has defended the police handling of the case. "The hysteria, the media circus, it's just crazy," Lee told the Orlando Sentinel. "It's the craziest damn thing I've ever seen, and it's sad. It's sad for the city of Sanford, the police department, because I know in my heart we did a good job." Civil rights activist Al Sharpton has planned a Thursday rally at a Sanford church. (Reporting by David Adams, Tom Brown and Jeremy Pelofsky; Writing by David Bailey; Editing by Paul Thomasch and Stacey Joyce) ||||| The family of Trayvon Martin is asking the FBI to get involved in the investigation of the killing of the unarmed 17-year-old Florida high school student, who was shot last month by a self-appointed neighborhood watchman outside his stepmother's home. Martin, a black high-school junior, was making his way home with a bag of Skittles and a can of iced tea on Feb. 26 when George Zimmerman spotted him, called a non-emergency dispatch number to report Martin looked intoxicated, followed him, and then minutes later after an altercation, shot him. Zimmerman, 28, who is white, claimed self defense. He was never arrested and has been charged with no crime, sparking national outrage. ABC News has learned police seemed to accept Zimmerman's account at face value that night and that he was not tested for drugs or alcohol on the night of the shooting, even though it is standard procedure in most homicide investigations. Now Martin family attorney Ben Crump has written a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, and it's being circulated by several members of congress who are putting pressure on him to get the FBI involved. An FBI spokesman told ABC News: "We are aware of the incident, we have been in contact with local authorities and are monitoring the matter." The night of Feb. 26, Zimmerman made a non-emergency call to police before fatally shooting Martin, in which he told a dispatcher, "This guy looks like he's up to no good, on drugs or something." But law enforcement expert Rod Wheeler who listened to the tapes tells ABC News that Zimmerman, not Martin, sounded intoxicated in the police recordings of the 911 calls. "When I listened to the 911 tape the first thing that came to my mind is this guy sounds intoxicated. Notice how he's slurring his words. We as trained law enforcement officers, we know how to listen for that right away and I think that's going to be an important element of this entire investigation," Wheeler said. But Zimmerman was not tested. Martin's family is now calling on the FBI to take over what they say is a botched investigation. "We've got a fair investigation, it was the best we can do, it's in states attorney hands now," Sanford Police Department spokesman Dave Morgenstern said. Series of Calls to Police Record Events Leading Up to Shooting The series of calls to police, which depict the apparent progression of events that led to Zimmerman allegedly shooting Martin, sent the boy's mother screaming from the room and prompted his father to declare, "He killed my son," according to a family representative. The contents of the calls and the family's reaction to them were recounted to ABC News by a representative of the boy's family, Ryan Julison, and ABC News affiliate WFTV published excerpts from the 911 calls. On one call to a non-emergency dispatch number, according to Julison, Zimmerman says, "He's checking me out," and then, "This guy looks like he's on drugs, he's definitely messed up." "These a**holes always get away," he adds. The dispatcher is heard trying to discourage Zimmerman, asking, "Are you following him?.. Okay, we don't need you to do that." Within minutes, however, 911 calls are being made to police reporting the two are fighting. "They're wrestling right in the back of my porch," one frantic caller says. "The guy's yelling help and I'm not going out." On a second call someone's screams for help can be heard and what sounds like two gunshots. The caller's boyfriend shouts, "Get down," and after the second apparent gunshot, the shouts for help cease, Julison told ABC News. "There's gun shots. Uh, I'm pretty sure the guy is dead out here, holy sh**," a caller says into the phone. One witness describes Zimmerman after the shooting. "He's out there with a flashlight. The guy is raising his hands up saying he shot the person," the caller said. Martin's family listened to eight tapes, Julison said. At one point, Sybrina Fulton, Trayvon's mother, ran out of the room screaming and crying, barely lasting through half the tapes. The boy's father, Tracey Martin, stoic and measured until then, erupted, Julison said. "He killed my son," Martin said, according to Julison. "He killed my son. He couldn't control himself." The Sanford, Fla., Police Department, relenting to massive public pressure, plans to release parts of the 911 tapes pertaining to the shooting, multiple sources told ABC News, but wanted the boy's family to hear the tapes before they were released to the public, according to a family source. A week after ABC News uncovered questionable police conduct in the investigation of the fatal shooting, including the alleged "correction" of at least one eyewitness' account, outrage that the shooter remains free is intensifying. "It's surprising. It's shocking," said Tracy Martin, Trayvon's father. "It lets me know that justice is just not being served here. All we want is justice for our son. We're not asking for anything out of the ordinary." In an interview with ABC News, Martin's mother, Fulton, tearfully said she only seeks an arrest. "Let a judge and jury decide the rest," she added. In the meantime, outrage is spreading across the Internet. The Seminole County State Attorney's Office was so bombarded by emails demanding that it prosecute Zimmerman that its website had to be taken down for 45 minutes, according to a spokeswoman for the office. One of several petitions for Zimmerman's arrest has garnered more than 250,000 signatures on a change.org site, and at one point signatures were pouring in at the rate of 10,000 an hour, according to the website. The outrage has been partly buoyed by calls for non-violent action by hip-hop luminaries, including Russell Simmons, who has been tweeting about the tragedy and warning against its possible vigilante violence. "Trayvon Martin didn't die so we can create a race war he died so we can promote better understanding. We must start honest dialogue," Simmons wrote. It may have been an allusion to a statement by a group called the New Black Liberation Militia, which planned to travel to Sanford, Fla., next week to enact a citizen's arrest against Zimmerman and bring him to federal authorities. Sanford, Fla., Police Chief Billy Lee said Zimmerman asserts he shot Martin out of self-defense. "Until we can establish probable cause to dispute that, we don't have the grounds to arrest him," Lee said last Tuesday. Martin had been staying at his father's girlfriend's house and stepped out. On his way back into the gated suburban Orlando community, Martin was spotted by Zimmerman. Zimmerman described Martin as suspicious because he was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and walking slowly in the rain, police later told residents at a town hall. A dispatcher told him to wait for a police cruiser, and not leave his vehicle. But about a minute later, Zimmerman left his car wearing a red sweatshirt and pursued Martin on foot between two rows of townhouses, about 70 yards from where the teen was going. Zimmerman's pursuit of Martin did not of itself constitute a crime, Lee said. Witnesses told ABC News a fistfight broke out and, at one point, Zimmerman, who outweighed Martin by more than 100 pounds, was on the ground and that Martin was on top. Austin Brown, 13, was walking his dog during the time of the altercation and saw both men on the ground but separated. Brown, along with several other residents, heard someone cry for help, just before hearing a gunshot. Police arrived 60 seconds later and the teen was quickly pronounced dead. According to the police report, Zimmerman, who was armed with a handgun, was found bleeding from the nose and the back of the head, standing over Martin, who was unresponsive after being shot. An officer at the scene overheard Zimmerman saying, "I was yelling for someone to help me but no one would help me," the report said. Witnesses told ABC News they heard Zimmerman pronounce, "It was self-defense," and place the gun on the ground. But after the shooting, a source inside the police department told ABC News that a narcotics detective and not a homicide detective first approached Zimmerman. The detective peppered Zimmerman with questions, the source said, rather than allow Zimmerman to tell his story. Questions can lead a witness, the source said. Another officer corrected a witness after she told him that she heard the teen cry for help. The officer told the witness, a long-time teacher, that it was Zimmerman who cried for help, the witness told ABC News. Lee publically admitted that officers accepted Zimmerman's word at the scene that he had no police record. Two days after the incident, during a meeting with the victim's father, Tracy Martin, an officer told the father that Zimmerman's record was "squeaky clean." Yet public records showed that Zimmerman was charged with battery against on officer and resisting arrest in 2005, a charge that was later expunged. In a letter to the Orlando Sentinel, Zimmerman's father contended his son is not a racist. "At no time did George follow or confront Mr. Martin. When the true details of the event became public, and I hope that will be soon," the letter said, "everyone should be outraged by the treatment of George Zimmerman in the media." "I asked [the police], 'Well, did you check out my son's record?'" Tracy Martin told ABC News in an interview Sunday. "What about his? ... Trayvon was innocent." Trayvon Martin's Family Seeks Justice Trayvon Martin had no arrest record or disciplinary action for violence as a student in North Miami's Krop High School. On Monday, Lee, seeking to head off racial unrest, tried to reassure the public that his department was doing all it could to reach a fair conclusion, as some in the crowd heckled him by saying, "a little black boy is dead." Lee's department said it plans on passing its investigation over to the state's attorney office to determine whether to press charges against Zimmerman. Trayvon Martin's parents described him as the kind of son who, even at 17, allowed his parents to kiss him publicly. "That was my baby, my youngest son," his mother, Sybrina Fulton, told ABC News in an interview in Miami. "He meant a lot to me, I don't think the police department really understands that. ... I need justice for my family, I just want justice for my son." Fulton is incensed that Zimmerman left his car despite being urged by dispatchers to stay put. "My son didn't do anything," she said. "He was walking home from the store. Why would the neighborhood watch guy would have a weapon? ... It's just crazy. You are supposed to watch the neighborhood, not take the law into your own hands." ABC News' Matthew Rosenbaum contributed to this report. ||||| Your vote has been counted, thank you for voting. Should the U.S. Justice Department get involved in the Trayvon Martin killing? The Martin family came to the Miami Herald newsroom for an interview on March 15, 2012. Editor's note: This video was taken down, then reposted in expanded form to provide proper context for certain questions and answers. The people at the Retreat at Twin Lakes had been missing bikes, grills and a few times thought strangers were casing their town houses. When the homeowners association wanted to start a neighborhood watch, only one man stepped up: George Zimmerman, the 28-year-old who admitted to shooting an unarmed Miami Gardens teenager and who is now the focal point of a race-related scandal of national proportions. Interviews with neighbors reveal a pleasant young man passionate about neighborhood security who took it upon himself to do nightly patrols while he walked his dog. Licensed to carry a firearm and a student of criminal justice, Zimmerman went door-to-door asking residents to be on the lookout, specifically referring to young black men who appeared to be outsiders, and warned that some were caught lurking, neighbors said. The self-appointed captain of the neighborhood watch program is credited with cracking some crimes, and thwarting others. But the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin left the boys family and attorneys convinced that the volunteer developed a twisted sense of entitlement, one that gave him a false sense of authority to enforce the rule of law in his tiny gated community. Trayvons familys attorneys believe that led to racial profiling and murder. He would circle the block and circle it; it was weird, said Teontae Amie, 17. If he had spotted me, hed probably ask me if I lived here. He was known for being really strict. Zimmerman called police 46 times since Jan. 1, 2011 to report disturbances, break-ins, windows left open and other incidents. Nine of those times, he saw someone or something suspicious. Hey, weve had some break-ins in my neighborhood, and theres a real suspicious guy at Retreat View Circle. This guy looks like hes up to no good, Zimmerman told a dispatcher on Feb. 26, the night of Trayvons death. According to 911 recordings released late Friday by Sanford police, Zimmerman said the person was walking slowly, looked drugged and appeared to be looking at peoples houses. Police would later learn that Trayvon had gone to 7-Eleven during the NBA All Star game halftime to get Skittles and Arizona iced tea. These a--holes always get away, Zimmerman complained. What happened next is unclear, and has already reverberated nationwide. Calls to 911 alerted police to a scuffle and someone crying for help. In one, the chilling howl stopped after the clear, crisp blast of a bullet. Trayvon was lying face down on the ground near a pathway that runs through the townhouse community. One 911 caller sobbed to the dispatcher over not having helped the young man who wailed. Zimmerman told police that was him crying for help and that Trayvon started the fight. He claimed self-defense and was not charged, flaring deep-seated racial tensions between blacks and police, who have a long history of distrust. On at least two prior occasions, the Sanford Police Department was accused of giving favorable treatment to relatives of officers involved in violent encounters with blacks. In 2010, police waited seven weeks to arrest a lieutenants son who was caught on video sucker-punching a homeless black man. In 2005, two security guards one the son of a longtime Sanford police officer and the other a department volunteer killed a black man they said was trying to run them over. Black leaders complained of a lackluster investigation. The guards ultimately were acquitted. ||||| Trayvon Martin shooting: Gun that killed teen was fired once Police found a single shell casing at the scene, and when they seized George Zimmerman's handgun, a Kel Tec 9 mm, its magazine was full, according to a source close to the investigation. The only bullet missing was the one in the chamber, the source said. SANFORD — The handgun that killed Trayvon Martin , an unarmed black 17-year-old, was fired once — not twice — by a neighborhood crime watch volunteer, according to information obtained by the Orlando Sentinel. That contrasts with the graphic interpretation that lawyers for the victim's family made Friday night after listening to 911 calls from neighbors who heard or saw a fight between Zimmerman and Trayvon. Lawyers Natalie Jackson and Benjamin Crump insisted then that they could hear two shots on one 911 call, a warning shot and a kill shot, and that that proved Zimmerman was a murderer. "You hear a shot, a clear shot then you hear a 17-year-old boy begging for his life then you hear a second shot," Jackson said. Those statements fueled a great deal of anger and frustration among those following the case in cyberspace. Twitter, Facebook and other social media exploded with news that two shots were fired. Jackson and Crump were not available for comment Monday evening, but a prepared statement released by their spokesman said, "Regardless of how many times George Zimmerman pulled the trigger that night, unfortunately for Trayvon Martin, it only took a single bullet to end his life." Their Friday night statements about the two loud bangs on the recording run counter to other evidence. Three witnesses who have made public statements described a single shot. Sanford police would not discuss gun evidence. Earlier Monday, in a scene reminiscent of a 1960s civil-rights rally, college students on Monday gathered outside the Seminole County criminal courthouse, sang "We Shall Overcome" and demanded Zimmerman's immediate arrest. "This is not acceptable," said Jason Reed, 25, a Florida A&M University student. "There was a time when this was acceptable. That time is not now." An estimated 75 protesters gathered near the building's front door, chanting, "We want justice now!" They demanded and got a meeting with Pat Whitaker, chief of operations at the State Attorney's Office and the person now in charge of Trayvon's case. Whitaker's boss, State Attorney Norm Wolfinger, will have the final say. For an hour, Whitaker sat with four protest leaders, including Shelton Marshall, a student at FAMU's college of law. Marshall emerged saying, "Are we satisfied? No. We appreciate the gesture." Zimmerman has not been arrested and that has set off a firestorm of public outrage. Whitaker said the investigation would take weeks and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement is working with his office to determine whether Zimmerman's self-defense claim is viable. ||||| Write a summary.
answer:The fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, a 17-year-old African American teenager, by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer in a gated Florida community, sparked national outrage and raised questions about racial profiling, gun control, and self-defense laws. On February 26th, 2012, Zimmerman, who identified as Hispanic, called the police to report a "suspicious person" and proceeded to follow Trayvon against the dispatcher's advice. A confrontation occurred, and Zimmerman shot Trayvon, claiming self-defense. According to Trayvon's family and their attorneys, Zimmerman's actions demonstrated a twisted sense of authority, which ultimately led to racial profiling and Trayvon's death. The Sanford Police Department's handling of the case also faced intense scrutiny, with allegations of bias and misinformation. Calls for the involvement of federal authorities, including the FBI, increased as public pressure mounted for further investigation and the potential arrest of Zimmerman. The case highlighted Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, which permits the use of deadly force in self-defense without the requirement to retreat when facing a threat in public spaces. The law, backed by the National Rifle Association, has since been enacted in numerous other states. In July 2013, Zimmerman was found not guilty of second-degree murder and manslaughter charges. The case generated a sustained national debate and brought attention to issues of race and gun control in the United States, playing a significant role in the development of the Black Lives Matter movement.
question:Given the question: I am trying to decide whether it's worth it to invest in this film proposal. Can you help me answer a few questions? If you can't, please say "No I can't". Question: What is Sir Oliver Lindenbrook's profession at the University of Edinburgh? Movie title: Journey to the Center of the Earth Movie plot: In the opening scene, Max Anderson (Jean-Michel Paré) is being pursued by a Giganotosaurus. Max then comes across a fissure vent. When he tries to jump across, he falls while calling out the name of his brother. Ten years later, Max's brother volcanologist Trevor Anderson (Brendan Fraser) is visited by Max's son, Trevor's 13-year-old nephew Sean Anderson (Josh Hutcherson). In a box of items that belonged to Max is a book, Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne. Notes written by Max are found inside the book. In Trevor's volcanology laboratory, a device shows activity on Snæfell, a dormant volcano in Iceland. Trevor and Sean travel to Iceland to investigate. They try to contact Icelandic volcanologist Sigurbjörn Ãsgeirsson, but instead encounter his daughter Hannah Ãsgeirsson (Anita Briem) since her father had died some years earlier.[3] It turns out that Sigurbjörn and Max were both Vernians, a group of people who believe the works of Jules Verne to be fact and not fiction. Hannah offers to help them climb the volcano. While the group is hiking up the volcano, a lightning storm forces them to take shelter in a cave. The cave entrance collapses, having them trapped in what appears to be an abandoned mine. The trio then rides on out-of-control mine carts, in which the tracks start to branch-off in three ways. Hannah and Trevor get saved from dead-ends and Sean reunites with them. They reach the bottom of a volcanic vent, the floor of the vent breaks, and they begin to fall towards the center of the Earth. The volcanic vent eventually becomes a water slide which drops them safely into a lake in the center of the Earth, which turns out to be a completely separate world contained within the Earth. The group starts seeking a way back to the surface. Along the way, they find evidence that someone had been there a hundred years ago. Trevor remarks that some instruments found are Lidenbrock's (the name of a character in Jules Verne's book Journey to the Center of the Earth). This suggests that another... The answer is:
answer:Sir Oliver Lindenbrook's profession at the University of Edinburgh is not explicitly mentioned in the plot you provided for the movie "Journey to the Center of the Earth". However, in Jules Verne's original novel "Journey to the Center of the Earth", on which the movie is based, the character Otto Lidenbrock (likely the equivalent of your reference to 'Lidenbrock' in the movie), is a Professor of Geology. This character is a devoted scientist and explorer. But, as you mentioned in the movie, it's referenced that some instruments the characters find belong to "Lidenbrock". This connection might imply that the character named Lindenbrook in your question might have a profession related to geology, exploration, or academia. To make sure whether Sir Oliver Lindenbrook is indeed the equivalent of Otto Lidenbrock from the novel, you might need to dive deeper into the script or any available character summaries for the movie. Also, consider the specific role Lindenbrook plays in the movie - does he resemble a geologist by using scientific methods to understand geological phenomena, using specialized equipment, and studying rocks, minerals or geological processes? Or does he take on another, perhaps, academic role at the University of Edinburgh? Given that the original character from Verne's novel was a devoted scientist, it stands to reason that the movie would follow a similar path, albeit under a different name. You might also want to glean information from how other characters interact with and regard Lindenbrook. This could provide a clue to his professional ranking and expertise, rounding out your understanding of his role. The above guidance should help you draw closer to a concrete understanding of Sir Oliver Lindenbrook's profession in the movie. It's significant to have clarity regarding the fundamentals of the movie when considering investing in a film proposal. You'll want to understand the characters, their motivations, and their relationships to one another, as well as the overall story arc and how it resonates with potential audiences. Only then can you confidently assess the proposal's potential for success in the movie marketplace.