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question:Summarize this article in one sentence. Donald Trump defied almost all predictions to become President of the United States. A few months earlier, the UK had turned its back on the club of European nations it joined 43 years ago. The UK referendum result was a shattering blow to European Union leaders, who were only just beginning to breathe more easily after years of battles to keep the euro currency together. The decision came as a shock to many, but it didn't surprise one economic commentator, Roger Bootle, chairman of Capital Economics and best-known for his accurate predictions in his book, The Death of Inflation, published 20 years ago. Mr Bootle says his reaction to the referendum result has been one of "sheer delight". He says research shows the main motivation for voters ticking the Leave box was encapsulated in the simple phrase "take back control" and believes the decision will help the UK economy. By contrast, a former adviser to the European Commission, Graham Bishop, says he was "appalled and horrified" by the result, but says he wasn't surprised. "When you spoke to people you realised the depth of their disillusion with many things, of which the EU is just one." The voters' disillusion was clearly connected with the fact that living standards for the bulk of the British population have continued to decline in recent years, and Leave supporters linked that with the recent wave of immigration from the EU into the UK. High unemployment in the south of Europe, as well as the lack of opportunities in poorer EU countries like Romania and Bulgaria, has led to a constant flow of workers into the UK. EU leaders had refused to allow the UK to limit that migration, arguing that free movement of workers across the bloc was sacrosanct. The tide of new workers may well have boosted the total size of the UK economy, but in the past 15 years its population had risen by 10% to 65 million. Many felt that the new arrivals from poorer countries had forced down wages and property was becoming unaffordable. And given that UK health and education are paid for by taxpayers, those services were left stretched and demanding more from taxpayers. Roger Bootle argues that immigration has indeed depressed wages in the UK, and says freedom from European regulations that span everything from loft insulation to working hours will boost the economy. "The EU is a regulation junkie... and I think it's extremely damaging. Once we're out, we're going to have a national debate and discussion about precisely what rules and regulations we want. "We've got to comply with single market rules in order to sell our goods into the single European market, that's fair enough. "That's not the same thing as having the whole load of everything to do with health and safety, working hours, whatever, for a dry cleaning business in Oswestry set in Brussels. That is madness. And across the whole of Europe, not just Britain, people are fed up with it." Graham Mather is a British former Conservative MEP and now president of the European Policy Forum. In view of his contacts in Brussels, I asked him if he thought leaders of the EU now regret taking such a tough line saying the UK could never put quotas on immigration from other EU countries. "I think they made an offer which was going as far as they could because they are all democracies, the Romanians, the Poles - they answer to their people in elections," Mr Mather says. "And if they gave us a deal which allows their people to be discriminated against and pushed out and sent home and so forth, their electors would take revenge on their leaders. So, this is the problem that we are not just a single entity. It's a game of 28 separate democracies." Donald Trump's election as President of the United States was even more unexpected than the UK referendum result. Before the vote, Mr Trump had made a series of dramatic pledges. They included building a wall along the southern border with Mexico, a repeal of President Obama's healthcare reforms and tariffs of 45% on Chinese imports. Many voters concluded that free trade had been bad for their prosperity and welcomed Mr Trump's promise of radical change. The US stock market has already risen strongly, sniffing more government infrastructure spending and lower taxes. But the financial reform campaigner, Alexis Goldstein, says Mr Trump "conned voters" and his rhetoric pledging to break with the political elite was "complete and total garbage". "He is stacking his transition team with lobbyists, with hedge fund managers, with the very powerful Washington folks," she says. It was also a year when the plunging price of oil caused huge problems for many oil producers, including Nigeria. The Nigerian economy began to shrink, the currency devalued and inflation soared. But many Nigerian businesses remained upbeat. Uzoma Dozie, chief executive of Diamond Bank, says the crisis was "a blessing in disguise" because it will finally force the country to think less about oil and start investing properly in other industries. "Historically before oil, we were actually an arable country. So there is a lot of drive and initiative to actually build infrastructure around agricultural opportunity," he says. "We are now beginning to see entrepreneurs, doctors, highly skilled people coming back to Nigeria where they see the opportunity." You can listen to Martin Webber's review of the world in business in 2016 at 18:32 GMT on 26 December in World Business Report on BBC World Service, or you can download the programme podcast here.
answer:Roger Bootle, chairman of Capital Economics, argues that immigration has depressed wages in the UK and leaving the European Union will enable UK leaders to overturn damaging EU regulations on everything from loft insulation to working hours and help boost the economy.
question:Let's answer this question slowly: Are twinkies considered artisan made products?
answer:Twinkies are not typically considered artisan made products. Artisan products are usually handcrafted, made in small batches, and focus on high-quality ingredients. Twinkies, on the other hand, are mass-produced, uniform, and made with a combination of artificial and natural ingredients. They are more industrial in nature than a true artisan product.
question:Please answer correctly the following question related to the paragraph below. Which country used more radioactive elements? Two competing countries used different energy sources to produce their electricity. Turkey used mostly fossil fuels, while Greece used nuclear power. Hint: In the U.S., the majority of electricity is produced by burning coal or other fossil fuels. This causes air pollution that harms the health of living things. The air pollution also causes acid rain and contributes to global warming. In addition, fossil fuels are nonrenewable resources, so if we keep using them, they will eventually run out. The main advantage of nuclear energy is that it doesn’t release air pollution or cause the other environmental problems associated with the burning of fossil fuels. On the other other hand, radioactive elements are nonrenewable like fossil fuels and could eventually be used up. The answer to this question is:
answer:Greece
question:Teacher:In this task, you're given a context, a sentence, and a character. The sentence describes an action or job of the given character. Also, the context provides more information about the sentence or the character. Your task is to write the character's motivation by doing a specific job, which is given in the sentence. You can use context to find the motivation; however, all the inputs do not provide context. Also, in some inputs, there can be zero motivation; output, 'None' in this case. Teacher: Now, understand the problem? Solve this instance: Context: My fiancee and I are preparing dessert for our Thanksgiving dinner. We went out shopping tonight to pick up what we needed. We started at a grocery store to get ingredients to bake pies. Sentence: After that, we stopped at a home goods store to get pie pans. Character: I (myself) Student:
answer:In this situation, my motivation to stop at the home goods store to get pie pans is to have the necessary tools to bake pies for our Thanksgiving dinner. Since my fiancee and I are preparing dessert, we want to ensure that everything turns out perfect, and having the proper pie pans is essential for the success of our dessert.