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+=== Prompt Dump for TRIVIA + HNSW ===
+Total prompts: 50
+Showing first 20 prompts:
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+Jason Lee also portrays David Seville in live action/CGI films starring Alvin and the Chipmunks, which use a combination of live-action acting and computer animation. While Ross Bagdasarian Jr. does not do any voices for the film series, the films are all produced in association with Bagdasarian Productions, which owns the rights to all of the characters. Portrayed by Filmography Films Television See also References Fictional characters introduced in 1958 Alter egos Alvin and the Chipmunks Fictional managers Fictional producers American male characters in televisionRoss Dickran Bagdasarian (born May 6, 1949) is an American actor, animator and producer, known for his work on the Alvin and the Chipmunks franchise. He is the son of the franchise's creator, Ross Bagdasarian. Early life Bagdasarian was born in Fresno, California, the son of Armenian-American parents Armenuhi Bagdasarian (née Kulhanjian) and Ross Bagdasarian (1919–1972). As a child, he worked with his father on The Alvin Show by helping edit and coordinate the soundtracks and falsetto voice-overs of the Chipmunks. Career Bagdasarian graduated from law school. He succeeded his father as president of Bagdasarian Productions in 1972 after the death of the elder Bagdasarian. The company had fallen into obscurity after significant success between 1958 and the late 1960s. Bagdasarian was also admitted to the California bar as an attorney in 1975. Under Bagdasarian's supervision, new Chipmunks records were created shortly after his marriage to Karman, including Chipmunk Punk. In 1981, the Chipmunks returned to television in the cartoon special A Chipmunk Christmas. Two years later, Ruby-Spears Productions' Alvin and the Chipmunks Saturday morning cartoon series debuted on NBC. Based on that series, a feature film, The Chipmunk Adventure was released in 1987. Bagdasarian voices Alvin, Simon, and Dave Seville, and Karman voices Theodore and the Chipettes (Brittany, Jeanette, and Eleanor). Bagdasarian and Karman hold tight creative and financial control over the Chipmunk franchise, reviewing each and every business contract in great detail. In the mid-90s, Bagdasarian bought out his brother's and sister's portions of the Chipmunk rights, to take complete control of the franchise.Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks or simply The Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band and media franchise first created by Ross Bagdasarian for novelty records in 1958. The group consists of three singing animated anthropomorphic chipmunks named Alvin, Simon, and Theodore who are originally managed by their human adoptive father, David "Dave" Seville. Bagdasarian provided the group's voices by producing sped-up recordings of his own, a technique pioneered on the successful "Witch Doctor". Later in 1958, Bagdasarian released the similarly-engineered "The Chipmunk Song" for which he came up with the chipmunk characters and their human father, attributing the track to them. David Seville and the Chipmunks released several more records over the following decade until Bagdasarian's death in 1972. The franchise was revived in 1979 with the characters' voices provided by his son Ross Bagdasarian Jr. and the latter's wife Janice Karman. Through the successful franchise, the Chipmunks have become one of the most successful children's artists of all time. It has garnered two number-one singles on the Billboard Hot 100 and won five Grammy Awards, having four Top 10 albums on the Billboard 200 and three certified platinum albums. "The Chipmunk Song" became one of the best-selling singles of all time at 5 million physical copies sold. The Chipmunks were first depicted in animated form in The Alvin Show (1961). The characters have since featured in several television series and films, as well as other media. In 2019, The Chipmunks received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Rita Coolidge sang the title song for which Bond film??
+A: Octopussy
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks?
+A: 
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+PROMPT #2:
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+and the drum set. Their film counterparts are Michelle and Eleni. Production history Broadway (2015-2019) Auditions began on January 19, 2015 for children ages nine through fifteen. Some recruiting was done through the School of Rock after-school educational program (which predated the film by several years) and open calls were held in New York at the Winter Garden, in Chicago and in Los Angeles. The production closed on January 20, 2019, after 1,309 performances. West End (2016–2020) On 7 December 2015, following the show's Broadway opening, it was announced by Andrew Lloyd Webber that the show would transfer to London's West End in autumn 2016, with the intention to open at the London Palladium. On 20 May 2016, the musical was confirmed at the Gillian Lynne Theatre instead of the Palladium with previews starting on 24 October 2016, opening night on 14 November 2016, and public booking opening on 25 May 2016. Lloyd Webber revealed that the production was able to open several months earlier than anticipated due to finding the child musician actors easily. Anna Louizos' scenery has been modified to fit the architecture of the Gillian Lynne Theatre from the traditional proscenium arch stage at Winter Garden Theatre. Changes include the removal of the pre-show curtain, the use of a revolving stage and action taking place in the aisles of the stalls. While the show remains to be set in America, the script has been adapted to include some minor references for a British audience. The original London cast includes David Fynn as DeweyThe Sound of Music, Camelot and Fiddler on the Roof played at the theatre in the early 1980s. In 1984, the interior was extensively modified by the introduction of a 'race track' that ran through the audience, for the show Starlight Express with performers on roller skates. The show premièred on 27 March, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and directed by Trevor Nunn and ran for 7,406 performances, over 18 years. With the removal of the 'tracks', the interior was extensively restored by architects Jaques Muir and Partners. This included the removal of 3,500 incandescent lamps that had become difficult to maintain and consumed a considerable amount of power. These were replaced by 88,000 low power LEDs specially designed for the theatre, creating the first auditorium completely lit in this way. Another Lloyd Webber production followed, Bombay Dreams premièred on 19 June 2002. It was created by A. R. Rahman with lyrics by Don Black and was directed by Steven Pimlott, closing after 1,500 performances on 13 June 2004. This was followed by the return to the West End of the Bee Gee's musical Saturday Night Fever on 6 July 2004, closing 22 October 2005 to tour. This was followed on 10 April 2006 by the jukebox musical Movin' Out, featuring the music of Billy Joel. This starred James Fox but ran for only two months. The Broadway musical Wicked received its London première at the venue on 27 September 2006 with a cast featuring Idina Menzel as Elphaba, Helen Dallimore as Glinda, Nigel Planer asand also starred comedian Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, former Spice Girl Melanie C as Mary Magdalene and BBC Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles as King Herod. Tickets for most venues went on sale on 18 May 2012. In 2013, Lloyd Webber reunited with Christopher Hampton and Don Black on Stephen Ward the Musical. For his next project, a 2015 musical adaptation of the 2003 film School of Rock, auditions were held for children aged nine to fifteen in cooperation with the School of Rock music education program, which predated the film by several years. In April 2016, the English National Opera staged a revival of Sunset Boulevard at the London Coliseum. The limited run, semi-staged production directed by Lonny Price brought Glenn Close to reprise her star turn as "Norma Desmond", which was her first time performing the role in London; she had originated the role in Los Angeles in December 1993 and then on Broadway in November 1994 (which won her the 1995 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical). The 2016 London revival was so well-received that the production transferred to the Palace Theatre on Broadway in February 2017, making Lloyd Webber the first musical-theatre composer since 1953 to have four musicals running simultaneously on Broadway – a feat that his heroes Rodgers and Hammerstein had previously achieved. Lloyd Webber's memoir, Unmasked, was published in 2018. On 9 September 2018, Lloyd Webber, along with Tim Rice and John Legend each won an Emmy for Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert. With this
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Rita Coolidge sang the title song for which Bond film??
+A: Octopussy
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993?
+A: 
+==================================================
+
+==================================================
+PROMPT #3:
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+Cabinet Louis Botha, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa (1910–1919) Behind Churchill are: George Barnes, leader of the National Democratic and Labour Party Sir Robert Borden, Prime Minister of Canada (1911–1920) To their right are: Arthur Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1902–1905); First Lord of the Admiralty (1915–1916) and Foreign Secretary (1916–1919) (standing adlocutio in a black suit) H. H. Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1908–1916) (sitting in front) Sir Eric Geddes, First Lord of the Admiralty (1917–1919) (behind, cleanshaven) Bonar Law, Leader of the Opposition (United Kingdom) (1911–1915), Secretary of State for the Colonies (1915–1916), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1916–1919) (later Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1922–1923) (dark moustache) Edward Morris, 1st Baron Morris, Prime Minister of Newfoundland (1909–1917) (white moustache, in the shadows) Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Secretary of State for War (1914–1916) (in the shadows) Bailey decided that the painting should include British and Dominion civilian leaders in office at the beginning and the end of the First World War. It includes Prime Ministers of Australia, Canada, Newfoundland, and New Zealand, and the Prime Ministers, Foreign Secretaries, Secretaries of War, and First Lords of the Admiralty of the United Kingdom, together with two leaders of the British Conservative and Labour parties. The Maharaja of Bikaner, a member of the Imperial War Cabinet and the Indian delegate to the Versailles Peace Conference, stands to the left next to Botha, both in military uniform. Kitchener standsArthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, (, ; 25 July 184819 March 1930), also known as Lord Balfour, was a British Conservative statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905. As foreign secretary in the Lloyd George ministry, he issued the Balfour Declaration of 1917 on behalf of the cabinet, which supported a "home for the Jewish people" in Palestine. Entering Parliament in 1874, Balfour achieved prominence as Chief Secretary for Ireland, in which position he suppressed agrarian unrest whilst taking measures against absentee landlords. He opposed Irish Home Rule, saying there could be no half-way house between Ireland remaining within the United Kingdom or becoming independent. From 1891 he led the Conservative Party in the House of Commons, serving under his uncle, Lord Salisbury, whose government won large majorities in 1895 and 1900. An esteemed debater, he was bored by the mundane tasks of party management. In July 1902, he succeeded his uncle as prime minister. In domestic policy he passed the Land Purchase (Ireland) Act 1903, which bought out most of the Anglo-Irish land owners. The Education Act 1902 had a major long-term impact in modernising the school system in England and Wales and provided financial support for schools operated by the Church of England and by the Catholic Church. Nonconformists were outraged and mobilised their voters, but were unable to reverse it. In foreign and defence policy, he oversaw reform of British defence policy and supported Jackie Fisher's naval innovations. He secured the Entente Cordiale withthe county of Haddington. In October 1922 he, with most of the Conservative leadership, resigned with Lloyd George's government following the Carlton Club meeting, a Conservative back-bench revolt against continuance of the coalition. Bonar Law became prime minister. Like many Coalition leaders, he did not hold office in the Conservative governments of 1922–1924, but as an elder statesman, he was consulted by the King in the choice of Stanley Baldwin as Bonar Law's successor as Conservative leader in May 1923. His advice was strongly in favour of Baldwin, ostensibly due to Baldwin's being an MP but in reality motivated by his personal dislike of Curzon. Later that evening, he met a mutual friend who asked 'Will dear George be chosen?' to which he replied with 'feline Balfourian satisfaction,' 'No, dear George will not.' His hostess replied, 'Oh, I am so sorry to hear that. He will be terribly disappointed.' Balfour retorted, 'Oh, I don't know. After all, even if he has lost the hope of glory he still possesses the means of Grace.' Balfour was not initially included in Baldwin's second government in 1924, but in 1925, he returned to the Cabinet, in place of the late Lord Curzon as Lord President of the Council, until the government ended in 1929. With 28 years of government service, Balfour had one of the longest ministerial careers in modern British politics, second only to Winston Churchill . Last years Lord Balfour had generally good health until 1928 and remained until then a regular tennis player. Four years previously
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Rita Coolidge sang the title song for which Bond film??
+A: Octopussy
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour?
+A: 
+==================================================
+
+==================================================
+PROMPT #4:
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+classic '70s pop song." In 1992, Mexican trio Pandora released a cover version titled "Pierdo el Control" on their album Ilegal. In 1979 Ginger Rogers sang this song on The Love Boat in the episode "Critical Success / The Love Lamp Is Lit / Take My Boyfriend, Please / Rent a Family / The Man in Her Life: Parts 1 & 2" In 2001, the film Get Over It featured a dance to this song at the beginning by some of the cast. References 1973 songs 1975 debut singles Songs written by Neil Sedaka Songs with lyrics by Howard Greenfield Neil Sedaka songs Captain & Tennille songs Andy Williams songs Number-one singles in Australia Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles RPM Top Singles number-one singles Grammy Award for Record of the Year A&M Records singles Juno Award for Best Selling Single singlesMusic Week rated the song four out of five, concluding, "A third huge hit for the boys." Tracklisting CD single "Kiss You All Over" (Radio Edit) - 4:31 "Kiss You All Over" (Club Mix) - 5:53 "Bonita" (Radio Edit) - 3:54 "Bonita" (Club Mix) - 7:08 Charts Release history References 1978 songs 1978 singles 1997 singles 1998 singles Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Exile (American band) songs Number-one singles in New Zealand Number-one singles in South Africa Number-one singles in Australia Songs written by Mike Chapman Song recordings produced by Frank Farian Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman Songs written by Nicky Chinn RAK Records singles Curb Records singles Hilltak Records singles Warner Records singles Arista Records singles No Mercy (pop band) songs Songs about kissing Phyllis Hyman songs"Kiss You All Over" is a 1978 song performed by American group Exile, written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. It was included on the band's third album, Mixed Emotions (1978), and featured lead vocalist Jimmy Stokley and guitarist J.P. Pennington on vocals. On the American Top 40 broadcast of May 26, 1979, Casey Kasem reported that Chapman stated his source of inspiration for "Kiss You All Over" was "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" by Barry White. The song was a number one single in the United States, but proved to be Exile's only big hit in the pop market (they would later have great success on the country music charts). It held the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks (starting September 30), and Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1978. The track also reached number-one in at least three other nations. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on Mickie Most's RAK Records, and peaked at number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. The strings are played with a synthesizer in a backing track. In 2010, Billboard ranked the song tenth on its list of "The 50 Sexiest Songs of All Time". Lead vocalist on the number, Stokley was ousted from the band in 1979, his health declining thereafter until he died at the age of 41 in 1985. After the success of soft rock singles from the albums Mixed Emotions and All There Is, the band moved into country music in
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Rita Coolidge sang the title song for which Bond film??
+A: Octopussy
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over?
+A: 
+==================================================
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+PROMPT #5:
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+21st century world: "We dislike low-lying voices, for one thing— contraltos now sound freakish and headmistressy, and even the majority of mezzo-sopranos should more accurately be categorised as almost-sopranos". However, she was "a singer of, and for, her time — a time of grief and weariness, national self-respect and a belief in human nobility". In this context "her artistry stands upright, austere, unfussy, fundamental and sincere". Shortly after Ferrier's death an appeal was launched by Barbirolli, Walter, Myra Hess and others, to establish a cancer research fund in Ferrier's name. Donations were received from all over the world. To publicise the fund a special concert was given at the Royal Festival Hall on 7 May 1954, at which Barbirolli and Walter shared the conducting duties without payment. Among the items was a rendition of Purcell's When I am laid in earth, which Ferrier had often sung; on this occasion the vocal part was played by a solo cor anglais. The Kathleen Ferrier Cancer Research Fund helped establish the Kathleen Ferrier Chair of Clinical Oncology at University College Hospital, in 1984. , it was continuing to fund oncology research. As the result of a separate appeal, augmented by the sales proceeds of a memoir edited by Neville Cardus, the Kathleen Ferrier Memorial Scholarship Fund was created to encourage young British and Commonwealth singers of either sex. The Fund, which has operated from 1956 under the auspices of the Royal Philharmonic Society, initially provided an annual award covering the cost of a year's study to a single prizewinner.In the course of her professional life the English contralto Kathleen Ferrier made a large number of recordings. In the summer of 1944 she signed a contract with Columbia, which lasted until February 1946. She then transferred to Decca, and remained with them until her death in October 1953. Apart from her studio recordings, many of her live performances and broadcast recitals were recorded, sometimes privately. Some of these were later issued as commercial recordings; others are held by individuals or in the archives of broadcasting companies. The following list is neither up to date nor entirely accurate, particularly in regard to a CD issue, entitled 'Kathleen Ferrier Remembered', released in June 2017, on SOMM264, comprising 26 tracks, 19 of which have never previously been issued. Most of these 19 are not listed below. They include Lieder by Schubert, Brahms, Wolf and Mahler and songs by Stanford, Parry, Jacobson and Rubbra, all taken from BBC broadcasts between 1947 and 1952. In April 2019, a recording of Ferrier singing in Bach's 'Magnificat' during the 1950 Vienna International Bach Festival was issued for the first time. The CD catalogue number is SOMM Ariadne 5004 and it also features Irmgard Seefried and Friedl Riegler (sopranos), Hugo Meyer-Welfing (tenor) and Otto Edelmann (bass). The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Vienna State Opera are conducted by Volkmar Andreae. The existence of this recording was not known until a vinyl disc was offered for sale on an internet auction site in 2018. In superb recorded sound, this discovery is aKathleen Mary Ferrier, CBE (22 April 19128 October 1953) was an English contralto singer who achieved an international reputation as a stage, concert and recording artist, with a repertoire extending from folksong and popular ballads to the classical works of Bach, Brahms, Mahler and Elgar. Her death from cancer, at the height of her fame, was a shock to the musical world and particularly to the general public, which was kept in ignorance of the nature of her illness until after her death. The daughter of a Lancashire village schoolmaster, Ferrier showed early talent as a pianist, and won numerous amateur piano competitions while working as a telephonist with the General Post Office. She did not take up singing seriously until 1937, when after winning a prestigious singing competition at the Carlisle Festival she began to receive offers of professional engagements as a vocalist. Thereafter she took singing lessons, first with J.E. Hutchinson and later with Roy Henderson. After the outbreak of the Second World War Ferrier was recruited by the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA), and in the following years sang at concerts and recitals throughout the UK. In 1942 her career was boosted when she met the conductor Malcolm Sargent, who recommended her to the influential Ibbs and Tillett concert management agency. She became a regular performer at leading London and provincial venues, and made numerous BBC radio broadcasts. In 1946, Ferrier made her stage debut, in the Glyndebourne Festival premiere of Benjamin Britten's opera The Rape of Lucretia.
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: Rita Coolidge sang the title song for which Bond film??
+A: Octopussy
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier?
+A: 
+==================================================
+
+==================================================
+PROMPT #6:
+==================================================
+"You Only Live Twice", performed by Nancy Sinatra, is the theme song to the 1967 James Bond film of the same name. The music was by veteran Bond film composer John Barry, with lyrics by Leslie Bricusse. The song is widely recognized for its striking opening bars, featuring a simple 2-bar theme in the high octaves of the violins and lush harmonies from French horns. It is considered by some to be among the best James Bond theme songs, and has become one of Nancy Sinatra's best known hits. Shortly after Barry's production, Sinatra's producer Lee Hazlewood released a more guitar-based single version. The song has been covered by many artists including Coldplay, Soft Cell, Björk and Shirley Bassey. In 1998, Robbie Williams re-recorded portions of the song (including the opening strings) for use in his UK number-one single "Millennium". Background James Bond veteran John Barry returned to the franchise to produce the score. The lyrics were by Leslie Bricusse, who had previously cowritten the lyrics for the theme to Goldfinger. An initial version of the song was performed by Julie Rogers and recorded with a 50 or 60 piece orchestra at CTS Studios. However, this version was not used since Barry decided to re-write and re-record the song: "It was usually the producers that said 'this isn't working, there's a certain something that it needed'. If that energy wasn't there, if that mysterioso kind of thing wasn't there, then it wasn't going to work for the movie." The Rogers song shares only two lines withBassey belting out the fantastic title song." He added that the remastered edition's sound quality was "impeccable". Chart positions Track listing Credits Project manager: Herb Agner Creative director: Michelle Azzopardi Composer, conductor, primary artist: John Barry Primary artist, vocals: Shirley Bassey Liner notes: Jeff Bond Composer, lyricist: Leslie Bricusse Project manager: Wendy Brueder Producer, reissue producer: Frank Collura Remastering: Bob Fisher Guitar, soloist: Vic Flick Art direction, design: Peter Grant Orchestra contractor: Sid Margo Lyricist: Anthony Newley A&R: Gregg Ogorzelec Engineer: John Richards Saxophone, soloist: John Scott Source: Aftermath Following the success of her performance on the title track, Shirley Bassey sang the title songs for two later Bond films, Diamonds Are Forever and Moonraker. John Barry used the Goldfinger theme on his 1965 John Barry Plays Goldfinger album that featured Robert Brownjohn artwork. References Footnotes Citations Bibliography Soundtrack albums from James Bond films Soundtrack 1964 soundtrack albums EMI Records soundtracks John Barry (composer) soundtracksJames Bond (Roger Moore), and the title evidently refers to the key aerial sequences featured in the movie. Prior to Rita Coolidge being assigned the Octopussy theme, Mari Wilson was a contender, a British singer whose retro-image evoked the mid-'60s when the Bond series originated; but Wilson's lack of a US-profile led to a negative decision. In January 1983, the producer of Octopussy: Cubby Broccoli, stated that he hoped to have current hitmaker Laura Branigan sing the movie's theme song, an artist choice which both Barry and Rice have stated would have pleased them. However, on March 29, 1983 Rita Coolidge was revealed as the singer, a seemingly surprising choice in that Coolidge's career peak had occurred some six years previously. Coolidge recalls that Barbara Broccoli, daughter of Cubby Broccoli and herself the assistant director of Octopussy, was a fan of Coolidge and made a point of playing Coolidge records around her father until "one day [he said], "Who is that? That's the voice I want for the movie." Rice still had to complete his contribution as the singer arrived in the studio, with Coolidge stating that "we were waiting for the lyrics as the instrumental track had already been done." The chorus of "All Time High" features a lyric similar to that of Coolidge's #2 hit "(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher and Higher" whose lyric "When you wrap your loving arms around me I can stand up and face the world again" is echoed by the "All Time High" lyric "We'll take on the
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Rita Coolidge sang the title song for which Bond film?
+A: 
+==================================================
+
+==================================================
+PROMPT #7:
+==================================================
+which allowed the first legal beer sales since the beginning of Prohibition on January 16, 1920. In 1933 state conventions ratified the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed Prohibition. The Amendment was fully ratified on December 5, 1933. Federal laws enforcing Prohibition were then repealed. Dry counties Following repeal some states continued prohibition within their own jurisdictions. Almost two-thirds of the states adopted some form of local option which enabled residents in political subdivisions to vote for or against local prohibition. For a time, 38 percent of Americans lived in areas with Prohibition. By 1966, however, all states had repealed their statewide prohibition laws, with Mississippi the last state to do so. Notes Sources Walker, Robert S. and Samuel C. Patterson, Oklahoma Goes Wet: The Repeal of Prohibiton, Eagleton Institute, Rutgers University, (1961). External links Repeal Day is December Fifth See more related images by selecting the "Alcohol" subject at the Persuasive Cartography, The PJ Mode Collection, Cornell University Library Prohibition in the United States Economic history of the United States 1933 in the United States Articles containing video clipsimportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States. The resolution was sent to the states for ratification and became the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. On January 8, 1918, Mississippi became the first state to ratify the amendment and on January 16, 1919, Nebraska became the 36th state to do so, securing its passage with the required three-fourths of the states. By the end of February 1919, only three states remained as hold-outs to ratification: New Jersey, Connecticut and Rhode Island. The National Prohibition Act, also known as the Volstead Act, was enacted on October 18, 1919. Prohibition in the United States went into effect on January 17, 1920. Nationwide prohibition was repealed in 1933 with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment on February 20 and its ratification on December 5. List of formerly dry states This table lists the effective dates each state went dry and any dates of repeal that do not coincide with the end of national prohibition in 1933. See also Dry county Alcoholic beverage control state List of alcohol laws of the United States by state Notes Alcohol law in the United States Prohibition in the United StatesAugust 19. PPS functionals were completed August 21. GATV 5006 was then transferred to complex 14 for mating with the Atlas. July 27, 1966 (Wednesday) Following the announcement of his austerity programme, British Prime Minister Harold Wilson survived a vote of censure in the House of Commons, as members of his Labour Party (with an 88-seat majority) supported him. The final result was 246 votes in favor, and 325 against. On the same day, the nation's chief labor union, the Trades Union Congress, voted 20 to 12 in support of a resolution pledging to halt strikes that had been threatened during the six-month freeze against raising wages. For the first time in 58 years, liquor was legally served in Mississippi, the last of the United States to have repealed its prohibition laws. Effective July 1, individual local governments were allowed to hold referendum elections on whether to allow the sale of liquor at state-approved resorts, and Harrison County voters had endorsed the measure. At 6:55 p.m., after police cars escorted a liquor delivery truck into Biloxi. The first drink in the state was poured at the Broadwater Beach Hotel, and Louis Cobb, the first legal bartender in Mississippi, sold a glass of scotch whiskey to hotel manager T.M. Dorsett. Biloxi Mayor Dan Guice then cut the ribbon to open the entrance to the hotel's bar.Died: Brenda Sue Brown, 11, was beaten to death after walking with her sister to summer school in Shelby, North Carolina. Police were unable to charge a suspect with the crime, until
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: What was the last US state to reintroduce alcohol after prohibition?
+A: 
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+to New York City for work in summer stock theatre shortly before winning a supporting role in MGM's These Glamour Girls (1939) opposite Lana Turner and Lew Ayres. The role of Betty was said to have been written especially with Hunt in mind. Other roles in major studio productions soon followed, including supporting roles as Mary Bennet in MGM's version of Pride and Prejudice (1940) with Laurence Olivier, and as Martha Scott's surrogate child Hope Thompson in Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941). Years at MGM In 1941, Hunt signed a contract with MGM, where she remained for the next six years. While filming Blossoms in the Dust, film director Mervyn LeRoy lauded Hunt for her heartfelt and genuine acting ability. During this period she had starring roles in 21 films, including The Penalty (1941) opposite Lionel Barrymore, Panama Hattie (1942) opposite Ann Sothern and Red Skelton, and the war drama Pilot No. 5 (1943) in which she was cast as the love interest of Franchot Tone, and The Valley of Decision (1945). In 1944 she polled seventh in a list by exhibitors of "Stars of Tomorrow". She previously did a screen test to play Melanie Hamilton in Gone with the Wind (1939) and was told by David O. Selznick she would play the role, but to "keep it a secret for now." Three days later, it was announced that Olivia de Havilland was cast. In 1944, she appeared in None Shall Escape, a film that is now regarded as the first about the Holocaust. She playedMiss America 1941, the 15th Miss America pageant, was held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 6, 1941. Shortly after the crowning of Miss California, Rosemary LaPlanche, who had been first runner-up in 1940, the pageant committee adopted this rule: "No contestant can compete in Atlantic City for the title of Miss America more than once", thus eliminating future state winners with more than one attempt at the national title. LaPlanche became a film actress, as did her sister, Louise LaPlanche. 1941 was also the first year that the special award, “Miss Congeniality” was created. It went to Mifaunwy Shunatona, a member of the Otoe and Pawnee tribes — she was also the first American Indian contestant in the pageant’s history. Results Awards Preliminary awards Other awards Contestants References Secondary sources External links Miss America official website 1941 1941 in the United States 1941 in New Jersey September 1941 events Events in Atlantic City, New JerseyMiss America 1942, the 16th Miss America pageant, was held at the Warner Theater in Atlantic City, New Jersey on September 12, 1942. Miss Texas, Jo-Carroll Dennison won the title after winning the swimsuit and talent categories. She was the first Miss Texas to win the Miss America title. Dennison became an actress and had roles in films such as Winged Victory. She was married at one time to comedian Phil Silvers. Results Awards Preliminary awards Other awards Contestants References Secondary sources External links Miss America (1942) 1942 1942 in the United States 1942 in New Jersey September 1942 events Events in Atlantic City, New Jersey
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Which actress was voted Miss Greenwich Village in 1942?
+A: 
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+De Tokyo Stock Price Index (Japans: 東証株価指数) of TOPIX is een belangrijke aandelenindex van de Tokyo Stock Exchange. Berekening In deze index zijn alle bedrijven opgenomen die op de beurs van Tokio staan genoteerd in de First Section. Dit zijn de grootste en meest liquide aandelen die op de beurs worden verhandeld. Tot medio 2006 werd het gewicht van de individuele bedrijven in de index bepaald op basis van de marktkapitalisatie, hierna wordt ook de free float in de berekening meegenomen. Het effect van deze verandering was significant, daar veel Japanse bedrijven aandelen houden in andere Japanse bedrijven, ook wel bekend als crossholdings, om daarmee de langdurige zakenrelatie te onderstrepen. Deze belangen worden voor lange tijd gehouden en worden niet tot de free float gerekend. De index heeft 4 januari 1968 als startdatum, maar ging op 1 juli 1969 daadwerkelijk van start. Een andere belangrijke beursindex in Japan is de Nikkei 225. In deze index zijn 225 bedrijven opgenomen en dit is een prijsgewogen index. Samenstelling Eind maart 2021 bestond de index uit 2187 aandelen. Door het grote aantal aandelen is het gewicht van de individuele namen zeer klein. De top 10 aandelen hebben een gezamenlijk gewicht in de index van slechts 18,4% en de lijst zag er als volgt uit, met de gewichten tussen de haakjes: De belangrijkste drie sectoren zijn: elektronische apparatuur, informatie technologie en chemie. Deze drie vertegenwoordigen tezamen zo'n 34% van de index, waarvan de sector elektronische apparatuur het grootst is met een gewicht van 17,5%. Koershistorie De hoogste stand van deTOPIX steht für Tōkyō Stock Price Index (jap. , Tōshō kabuka shisū) und ist neben dem Nikkei 225 ein Kursindex der Tokioter Börse. Berechnet wird der TOPIX seit dem 1. Juli 1969. Die Index-Basis liegt bei 100 Punkten per 4. Januar 1968. Er enthält alle japanischen Aktien, welche im amtlichen Handel zugelassen sind. Die Gewichtung der einzelnen Unternehmen im Index erfolgt anhand der Marktkapitalisierung. Gegenwärtig (8. September 2021) setzt sich der Index aus 2.189 Aktien zusammen. Wegen dieser hohen Zahl an vertretenen Unternehmen wird der TOPIX als aussagekräftiger für den Zustand der japanischen Wirtschaft angesehen als der Nikkei 225. Weblinks Beschreibung des TOPIX (engl.) TOPIX in Echtzeit Jährliche Entwicklung des TOPIX seit 1949 (Daten vor 1969 – dem Einführungsjahr des TOPIX – sind rückgerechnet; XLS-Format, 31,5 KB; abgerufen am 12. Oktober 2017) Einzelnachweise Aktienindex Wirtschaft (Japan) Abkürzung, commonly known as TOPIX, along with the Nikkei 225, is an important stock market index for the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) in Japan, tracking all domestic companies of the exchange's Prime market division. It is calculated and published by the TSE. , there were 1,669 companies listed on the First Section of the TSE, and the market value for the index was ¥197.4 trillion. The index transitioned from a system where a company's weighting is based on the total number of shares outstanding to a weighting based on the number of shares available for trading (called the free float). This transition took place in three phases starting in October 2005 and was completed in June 2006. Although the change is a technicality, it had a significant effect on the weighting of many companies in the index, because many companies in Japan hold a significant number of shares of their business partners as a part of intricate business alliances, and such shares are no longer included in calculating the weight of companies in the index. The TOPIX index is traded as a future on the Osaka Exchange under the ticker symbol JTPX. The CQG contract specifications for the TOPIX Index are listed below. TSE currently calculates and distributes TOPIX every second and further plans to launch a new High-Speed Index dissemination service provided at the millisecond level starting from February 28, 2011. History of TOPIX 1969-07-01 TSE to begin calculating and publishing “TOPIX” and “TOPIX Sector Indices” 1969-08-18 TSE to begin calculating and publishing “Tokyo Stock
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: What is the Japanese share index called?
+A: 
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+Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson is a non-fiction book written by Joseph Vogel, published in June 2011 by the Sterling Publishing. Reception Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson, was described by the Associated Press as "a fascinating read and really a must have for any fan of Jackson." Filmmaker Spike Lee characterized it as having "brilliantly cracked the DNA, the code, the artistry of Michael Joseph Jackson." References Works about Michael Jackson 2011 non-fiction books Sterling Publishing booksMoonwalk is a 1988 autobiography written by American recording artist Michael Jackson. The book was first published by Doubleday on February 1, 1988, five months after the release of Jackson's 1987 Bad album, and named after Jackson's signature dance move, the moonwalk. The book contains a foreword by Jacqueline Onassis. It reached number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. The book was reissued by Doubleday on October 13, 2009, following Jackson's death on June 25, 2009. Production Jacqueline Onassis, who was an editor at Doubleday, secured the book deal and paid Jackson a $300,000 advance. As part of the deal Jackson wanted Onassis to write a foreword, which she initially refused not wanting her name on any books she worked on but agreed to three paragraphs. She also edited the book. The first manuscript of the book was written by Robert Hilburn and was refused by the publishers, Doubleday, because it lacked "juicy details". A second manuscript was written by Stephen Davis, which Jackson drastically edited. Jackson finally decided to write the book himself, with help from Shaye Areheart. Due to the public interest in Jackson, Moonwalk was prepared for publication in secret. Relatives of Doubleday employees were hired as couriers, to deliver portions of the book from the company's head office in Manhattan to the printing plant in Fairfield, Pennsylvania. At the printing plant, the book was given the code name "Neil Armstrong", after the first "moonwalker". Narrative Dedicated to Fred Astaire, the book discusses Jackson's show business friends, girlfriends and hisMichael Jackson: Unauthorized in a 1994 biography of the late pop star Michael Jackson, written by celebrity biographer Christopher Andersen. Development According to Andersen, work started on the book in early 1991 when he received a call from a fellow journalist, who told him that two workers at Jackson's Neverland Ranch allegedly witnessed Jackson fondling a young celebrity. Andersen tried to interview Jackson several times, but was turned down. When Michael was publicly accused of child molestation in 1993, Andersen was told that he was under surveillance from investigators. Reception The book was largely overlooked by the public. Dana Kennedy of Entertainment Weekly felt that, with its "killer material", Anderson "probably could have retired from the celebrity-bio grind for good" had it been released five years before. People magazine found it to be a "sad book", considering its dark revelations about Jackson's behaviour. References 1994 non-fiction books Unauthorized biographies Works about the Michael Jackson sexual abuse allegations Biographies about musicians
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: What was the name of Michael Jackson's autobiography written in 1988?
+A: 
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+PROMPT #11:
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+including popular titles by Sérgio Mendes and Herb Alpert were released with this audio process starting in September 1968. Other record labels soon followed suit, and an estimated 10% of all stereophonic albums released during the late 1960s and early 1970s employed the system. Other labels known to have used the system include Warner Bros. Records and Reprise Records. One of the biggest selling albums using the process is The Association's Greatest Hits, released in 1968. This recording has sold more than 2 million copies in the United States. The process was also used on the 1968 Frank Sinatra album Cycles as well as on most of the studio recordings on Wheels of Fire by Cream. Early 1968 copies of Neil Young's self-titled debut album also used the system. Use of Haeco-CSG in promotional recordings for radio The original intention of using Haeco-CSG on commercial LP releases was rather short lived, however, use of the process continued well into the mid-1970s on promotional records sent to radio stations. Many commercial FM Rock stations did not transition from mono to stereo broadcasting until the mid to late 1970s. AM Pop music stations continued to broadcast in mono, as AM stereo broadcasting was not introduced until 1982 and was never widely adopted. Many promotional singles and some commercial singles from the Warner/Reprise/Atlantic label group from this era had "CSG Mono Process" or "CSG Process" printed on the labels. Artists included Frank Sinatra, Gordon Lightfoot, James Taylor, Seals and Crofts. Warner subsidiary labels such as Atlantic issued a serieswas introduced to the public on December 13, 1957, at the Times Auditorium in New York City. 500 copies of this initial demonstration record were pressed. On December 16, 1957, Frey advertised in the trade magazine Billboard that he would send a free copy to anyone in the industry who wrote to him on company letterhead. Frey became known as "Mr. Stereo" during that era. Stereophonic sound was not entirely new to the public. In 1952 sound engineer Emory Cook developed a "Binaural" disk that used two separate grooves and playback needles to produce stereophonic sound; the following year he had a catalog of about 25 disks available for audiophiles. Multi-channel sound was integral to the widescreen motion picture processes Cinerama (1952) and CinemaScope (1953). Stereophonic audio tapes had been commercially available to audiophiles, although expensive, since the early-1950s. After the release of the Audio Fidelity demonstration disks, the other spur to the popularity of stereo disks was the reduction in price of a stereo magnetic cartridge, for playing the disks, from $250 to $29.95 in June 1958. The first four stereo discs available to the general public were released by Audio Fidelity in March, 1958--Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang Volume 1 (AFSD 5830), Railroad - Sounds of a Vanishing Era (AFSD 5843), Lionel - Lionel Hampton and his Orchestra (AFSD 5849) and Marching Along with the Dukes of Dixieland Volume 3 (AFSD 5851). By the end of March the company had four more stereo LPs available. In the summer of 1958, Audio Fidelity recordedin 1957, with his Essex Records office manager George Phillips, he founded Somerset Records and Somerset Stereo Fidelity Records budget albums. His greatest claim to fame was selling large amounts of cheaply priced albums, with Somerset claiming to have manufactured the first stereo budget albums. The name of Somerset high fidelity albums was suggested by Miller International's West Coast distributor, Jimmy Warren, with the name of Stereo Fidelity (stereo albums) thought of by Wally Hill to capitalize on the public's interest in both high fidelity and stereophonic sound. The economy came from Miller starting his own record factory in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, using public domain music and non union musicians from outside the United States to record cover versions of hit songs of the time. Many original tunes were written by Monty Kelly, Robert Lowden, and Joseph Kuhn with the music published by Miller's own music publisher, Chesdel Music created in 1962. Miller had his own distribution channels of his records in supermarkets and drugstores with the cheap albums being sold in metal racks similar to those holding paperback books or cardboard record holders called "dumps" that could be placed anywhere. Miller's record albums were sold wholesale for 93 cents to salesmen who sold them to merchants who sold them to the public for $1.98. Somerset Records used artist Anthony "Chic" Laganella to create attractive eye catching album covers. Miller used the name 101 Strings for several German orchestras; their first album appearing in September 1957. In 1958 Somerset released 24 101 Strings titles. Miller International's philosophy
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: In which decade did stereo records first go on sale?
+A: 
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+PROMPT #12:
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+Flack in 1896) to win gold medals in both the 800 m and 1500 m in the same Olympics. Billy Mills, an unfancied runner, became the only American to win the gold in the men's 10,000 m. Bob Hayes won the 100 metre title in a time of 10.06 seconds, equaling the world record, and set the current record for the fastest relay leg in the 4×100 m. Joe Frazier, future heavyweight champion of the world, won a gold medal in heavyweight boxing while competing with a broken thumb. This was the last Summer Olympics to use a cinder running track for athletic events, and the first to use fiberglass poles for pole vaulting. Zambia declared its independence on the day of the closing ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics, thereby becoming the first country ever to have entered an Olympic games as one country, and left it as another. This was celebrated in the ceremony itself by the team using a placard with "Zambia" instead of the "Northern Rhodesia" placard from the opening ceremony. Zambia was the only team to use a placard in the closing ceremony. The start of operations for the first Japanese "bullet train" (the Tōkaidō Shinkansen) between Tokyo Station and Shin-Ōsaka Station was scheduled to coincide with the Olympic games. The first regularly scheduled train ran on 1 October 1964, just nine days before the opening of the games, transporting passengers in about four hours, and connecting the three major metropolitan areas of Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka. Ranatunge Karunananda who representedsystems were used: official hand timing, hand started photo-finish times, and the Gustavus Town Kirby timing device, which was designed by Kirby to determine the correct order of finish in horse races. The official report for 1932 Olympics states: "In addition to hand timing, two auxiliary electrical timing devices were used. Both were started by an attachment to the starters gun. One was stopped by hand at the time the runners hit the tape. The other was provided with a motion picture camera which photographed the runner at the tape and the dial of the time indicator simultaneously." Kirby's system was also used at the 1932 US. Olympic Trials, where Ralph Metcalfe's winning time of 10.62 in the 100 meters is considered possibly the first automatically timed world record. FAT was also used in 1936, but very few times have been found. In 1948, Bulova began developing the Phototimer, a unique combination of photo-finish camera and precision electronic timing instrument. The Phototimer was the first automatic timing device to be used in competitive sports. It was used extensively in North America, including at the 1948 US Olympic trials. The Bulova device was activated by the sound of the starting gun firing, rather than by a direct connection, which means that the times were around 0.02 seconds faster than reality. The 1948 Olympics, however, continued to use Omega timing with a device called the 'Magic Eye', developed by British Race Finish Recording Co. Ltd. The automatic times produced in the 1948 Olympics have never been released, butWhile the most notable story coming out of 1968 was socio-political, politics involved with the Olympics was not something unique to this year. However, the year marked the beginning of several emerging elements of contemporary track and field. Automatic timing While timing to the 100th of a second had been experimented with for many years, the 1968 Summer Olympics were the first to use Fully Automatic Timing, in not only athletics, but in canoeing, rowing, cycling, equestrian and swimming competitions. Subsequently, systems to record such times became more common and thus the accuracy of Fully Automatic Timing became mandated for World Record acceptance. While this rule was officially put into place in 1977, many 1968 records still stood as the first Automatically timed record. All weather tracks This technology too had been developing, but Tartan tracks were used as the competition surface for the first time at an Olympics. Since then an all-weather running track was required for all top-level competition. Subsequently, the inconsistency of the running surface became a significantly smaller factor in athletic performance. Altitude With the Olympics happening in Mexico City, at high altitude, the effect of the thin air on athletic performance became a factor on world records. This was already a known phenomenon, and the American team was selected by holding the Olympic Trials at high altitude at Echo Summit, California. In 1955, Lou Jones set the world record in the 400 meters at altitude in Mexico City. Following the 1968 Summer Olympics the: Men's 100 meters record, set by Jim
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: In what year's Olympics were electric timing devices and a public-address system used for the first time?
+A: 
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+A list of stratovolcanoes follows below. Africa Cameroon Mount Cameroon Democratic Republic of Congo Mount Nyiragongo, Goma; designated as a Decade Volcano It contains an active lava lake inside its crater which overflowed due to cracks in 2002. Mount Mikeno Eritrea Alid Volcano Dubbi Volcano Nabro Volcano Ethiopia Adwa Borawli, Afar Region Dabbahu Volcano Mount Fentale Kenya Mount Kenya, which contains several volcanic plugs on its peak. Mount Longonot Rwanda Mount Bisoke, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mount Gahinga, on the border between Rwanda and Uganda. Mount Karisimbi, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mount Muhabura, on the border between Rwanda and Uganda. Mount Sabyinyo, marks the border between Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Tanzania Ol Doinyo Lengai, the Earth's only active carbonatite lava-producing volcano. Mount Kilimanjaro, a dormant stratovolcano. It is the highest point of Africa. Mount Meru Mid-Atlantic Ridge Mount Pico in Pico Island, Azores, Portugal Teide in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain; designated as a Decade Volcano Cumbre Vieja in La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain Mount Fogo in Fogo, Cape Verde Green Mountain, Ascension Island Pico de las Nieves in Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain Americas Caribbean La Grande Soufrière on Basse-Terre Island, Guadeloupe Soufriere Hills on the island Montserrat Its 1995 eruptions resulted in the abandonment of its capital city, Plymouth. Soufrière on the island Saint Vincent Mount Pelée on the island Martinique Its devastating eruption on 8 May 1902 resulted in the complete destruction ofMount Kilimanjaro is a volcano in Tanzania and the highest mountain in Africa. Kilimanjaro may also refer to: Tanzania Kilimanjaro National Park comprises the whole of Mount Kilimanjaro above the tree line and six forest corridors stretching down Kilimanjaro Region, a region in Tanzania Kilimanjaro (ward), a ward in the Moshi Urban district of Kilimanjaro Region, Tanzania Kilimanjaro International Airport in Tanzania a Tanzanian beer, see Beer in Africa#Eastern Africa a Tanzanite jewellery brand owned by F. Hinds Music Killamanjaro, a Jamaican reggae sound system Albums Kilimanjaro, an album by German artist Superpitcher Kilimanjaro (The Rippingtons album), a 1988 album by The Rippingtons Kilimanjaro (The Teardrop Explodes album), an album by The Teardrop Explodes Songs "Kilimanjaro", song by The Del Vikings 1962 "Kilimanjaro", song by Manhattan Brothers 1955 "Kilimanjaro", song by The Teardrop Explodes 1980 "Kilimanjaro", song by Juluka 1984 "Kilimandjaro" (song), a 1966 French-language song by French singer Pascal Danel "Kilimanjaro" (song), a 2010 song by A.R. Rahman from the film Enthiran "Kilimanjaro", a song by KSI from the 2016 extended play Keep Up Film Kilimanjaro (film), a 2013 American film Nigeria Kilimanjaro restaurant, a fast-food chain in Nigeria. See also The Snows of Kilimanjaro (disambiguation)Mount Kilimanjaro () is a dormant volcano located in Kilimanjaro Region of Tanzania. It has three volcanic cones: Kibo, Mawenzi, and Shira. It is the highest mountain in Africa and the highest single free-standing mountain above sea level in the world: above sea level and about above its plateau base. It is the highest volcano in Africa and the Eastern Hemisphere. Kilimanjaro is the fourth most topographically prominent peak on Earth. It is part of Kilimanjaro National Park and is a major hiking and climbing destination. Because of its shrinking glaciers and ice fields, which are projected to disappear between 2025 and 2035, it has been the subject of many scientific studies. Toponymy The origin of the name Kilimanjaro is not known, but a number of theories exist. European explorers had adopted the name by 1860 and reported that Kilimanjaro was the mountain's Kiswahili name. The 1907 edition of The Nuttall Encyclopædia also records the name of the mountain as Kilima-Njaro. Johann Ludwig Krapf wrote in 1860 that Swahilis along the coast called the mountain Kilimanjaro. Although he did not offer any support, he claimed that Kilimanjaro meant either mountain of greatness or mountain of caravans. Under the latter meaning, kilima meant mountain and jaro meant caravans. Jim Thompson claimed in 1885, again without support, that the term Kilima-Njaro "has generally been understood to mean" the mountain (kilima) of greatness (njaro). He also suggested "though not improbably it may mean" the white mountain. Njaro is an ancient Kiswahili word for shining. Similarly, Krapf wrote that a
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Which volcano in Tanzania is the highest mountain in Africa?
+A: 
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+PROMPT #14:
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+of the Libyan Draft Constitutional Charter for the Transitional Stage: The national flag shall have the following shape and dimensions: Its length shall be double its width, its shall be divided into three parallel coloured stripes, the uppermost being red, the centre black and lowest green, the black stripe shall be equal in area to the other two stripes together and shall bear in its centre a white crescent, between the two extremities of which there shall be a five-pointed white star. On 10 March 2011, France was the first country to recognise the council as the official government of Libya, as well as the first to allow the Libyan embassy staff to raise the flag. On 21 March, the flag was flown by the Permanent Mission of Libya to the United Nations and appeared on their official website, and thereafter in late August by the Arab League and by Libya's own telecommunications authority, the Libya Telecom & Technology, on its own website. In the following months many other Libyan embassies replaced the green flag of Gaddafi with the tricolour flag. This original flag of Libya is now the only flag used by the United Nations to represent Libya, according to the following UN statement: "Following the adoption by the General Assembly of resolution 66/1, the Permanent Mission of Libya to the United Nations formally notified the United Nations of a Declaration by the National Transitional Council of 3 August 2011 changing the official name of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya to 'Libya' as well as athe flag's colours and symbols. According to Omar Faiek Shennib, "red was selected for the blood sacrificed for the freedom of Libya, black to remember the dark days that Libyans lived under the occupation of the Italians and green to represent its primary wealth, agriculture, [Libya once being referred to as the 'agricultural basket' or 'breadbasket' of the Ottoman Empire] and the future prosperity of the country. The star and crescent were placed within the black central strip of the flag as a reference to the Senussi flag and the role of King Idris in leading the country to independence". The flag's colours also echo the colours of the flags of the three regions of Libya: Fezzan (red), Cyrenaica (black), and Tripolitania (green). Under Muammar Gaddafi's dictatorship, Libya had a red-white-black flag from 1969 to 1977, and it was replaced by the all-green flag from 1977 to 2011, during which it was the only flag in the world to have one color and no design. During the Libyan Civil War against the rule of Muammar Gaddafi, the 1951–69 flag – as well as various makeshift versions without the crescent and star symbol, or without the green stripe – came back into use in areas held by the Libyan opposition and by protesters at several Libyan diplomatic missions abroad. The National Transitional Council, formed on 27 February 2011, adopted the flag previously used in the Kingdom of Libya between 1951 and 1969 as the "emblem of the Libyan Republic". The flag was officially defined in article threeThe flag of Libya from 1977 to 2011 was used by the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 1986 and later the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya until 2011. The design is a green field in 1:2 ratio and was considered the only solid colour national flag in the world during its time. In 2011, after the collapse of Gaddafi's government, the 1951–1969 flag from the Kingdom of Libya was re-adopted but the flag introduced by Gaddafi remained in use by Pro-Gaddafists and Gaddafi loyalists. Before 1977, the country was called the Libyan Arab Republic from 1969 to 1977 and used a red-white-black flag similar to most traditional Arab national flags bearing a resemblance to the modern flag of Yemen. in 1977 after the Egyptian-Libyan War, the blank green flag was introduced to replace the red-white-black flag to avoid similarities with Egypt. History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi Flags introduced in 1977 1977 establishments in Libya 2011 disestablishments in Libya
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: The flag of Libya is a plain rectangle of which color?
+A: 
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+PROMPT #15:
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+la Francophonie. Places of worship Niger being a predominantly Muslim country, mosques are the most common places of worship, with the Grande Mosquée being the largest in the city. There are also various Christian churches, most notably Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cathedral and the Cathedral de Maourey. Governance Administration Niamey makes up a special capital district of Niger, which is surrounded by the Region of Tillabéri. The city of Niamey itself is governed as an autonomous first-level administrative block, the Niamey Urban Community (Fr. Communauté Urbaine de Niamey, or CUN). It includes five Urban Communes, divided into 44 "Districts" and 99 "Quartiers", including formerly independent towns. It is a co-equal first division subdivision with the seven Regions of Niger. The Niamey Urban Community includes an administration and Governor appointed by national leaders. Like the rest of Niger, Niamey has seen a decentralisation of governance since 2000. Government Ordinance n°2010–56 and Presidential Decree n°2010-679 of September 2010 mandated an elected City Council for the city of Niamey, subsumed under the CUN. This excludes some outlying areas of the CUN. Forty-five councillors are popularly elected and in turn elect the Mayor of the City of Niamey. In July 2011, the first Mayor under the new system, Oumarou Dogari Moumouni, was installed by the Governor of the CUN Mrs. Aïchatou Boulama Kané and the City Council. The City Council and Mayor have limited roles compared to the CUN Governor. Niamey has a third layer of government in the Commune system. Each Commune elects its own council, and outsidein Niger Niamey NigerNiamey () is the capital and largest city of Niger. Niamey lies on the Niger River, primarily situated on the east bank. Niamey's population was counted as 1,026,848 as of the 2012 census. As of 2017, population projections show the capital district growing at a slower rate than the country as a whole, which has the world's highest fertility rate. The city is located in a pearl millet growing region, while manufacturing industries include bricks, ceramic goods, cement, and weaving. History Niamey was probably founded in the 18th century and originated as a cluster of small villages (Gaweye, Kalley, Maourey, Zongo and Foulani Koira). Niamey was of little importance until the French developed it as a colonial centre in the late 1890s. The town, then with an estimated population of some 1,800, was chosen as the capital of the newly created Military Territory of Niger in 1905, however, the capital was shifted to the more established city of Zinder in 1912. Zinder's proximity to the Nigerian border and distance from French-controlled ports prompted the French to move the capital back to Niamey in 1926, by which time the city had some 3,000 inhabitants. A series of devastating droughts prompted significant population growth during this period, and by 1945 the population was about 8,000. Prior to 1926-27 the Upper Volta-Niger border ran along the Niger river, meaning that Niamey lay directly on the boundary. At the time of independence in 1960 the population had grown to around 30,000. The period from 1970 to 1988 was one in
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Of which African country is Niamey the capital?
+A: 
+==================================================
+
+==================================================
+PROMPT #16:
+==================================================
+James Walter McCord Jr. (January 26, 1924 – June 15, 2017) was an American CIA officer, later head of security for President Richard Nixon's 1972 reelection campaign. He was involved as an electronics expert in the burglaries which precipitated the Watergate scandal. Career McCord was born in Waurika, Oklahoma. He served as a bombardier with the rank of second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces during World War II. He briefly attended Baylor University before receiving a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1949. In 1965, he received an M.S. in international affairs from George Washington University. After beginning his career at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), McCord worked for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), ultimately ascending to the GS-15 directorship of the Agency's Office of Security. For a period of time, he was in charge of physical security at the Agency's Langley headquarters. L. Fletcher Prouty, a former colonel in the United States Air Force, claimed then-Director of Central Intelligence Allen Dulles introduced McCord to him as "my top man.". In 1961, under his direction, a counter-intelligence program was launched against the Fair Play for Cuba Committee. He also held the rank of lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve. Watergate scandal Shortly after resigning from the CIA, McCord was interviewed and then hired by Jack Caulfield in January 1972 "for strict, solely defensive security work at the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Committee to Re-Elect the President (CRP)." Some of the money from this contract came fromadministration as assistant director of the Bureau of the Budget, devoting most of his time to Defense matters. In 1971, President Nixon appointed Schlesinger a member of the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and designated him as chairman. Serving in this position for about a year and a half, Schlesinger instituted extensive organizational and management changes in an effort to improve the AEC's regulatory performance. CIA Director Schlesinger was CIA Director from February 2, 1973, to July 2, 1973. He was succeeded by William Colby. Schlesinger was extremely unpopular with CIA staff, as he reduced CIA staff by 7%, and was considered a Nixon loyalist seeking to make the agency more obedient to Nixon. He had a CCTV camera installed near his official portrait at the CIA headquarters in Langley, Va., as it was believed that vandalism of the portrait by disgruntled staff was likely. Secretary of Defense (1973–1975) Schlesinger left the CIA to become Secretary of Defense on July 2, aged 44. As a university professor, researcher at Rand, and government official in three agencies, he had acquired an impressive resume in national security affairs. Nuclear strategy Shortly after assuming office, Schlesinger outlined the basic objectives that would guide his administration: maintain a "strong defense establishment"; "assure the military balance so necessary to deterrence and a more enduring peace"; obtain for members of the military "the respect, dignity and support that are their due"; assume "an . . . obligation to use our citizens' resources wisely"; and "become increasingly competitive with potential adversaries.... [W]e must nota conventional North Vietnamese assault in 1975. The CORDS model and its approach influenced U.S. strategy and thinking on counterinsurgency in the 2000s in Iraq and Afghanistan. CIA HQ: Director Colby returned to Washington in July 1971 and became executive director of CIA. After long-time DCI Richard Helms was dismissed by President Nixon in 1973, James Schlesinger assumed the helm at the Agency. A strong believer in reform of the CIA and the intelligence community more broadly, Schlesinger had written a 1971 Bureau of the Budget report outlining his views on the subject. Colby, who had had a somewhat unorthodox career in the CIA focused on political action and counterinsurgency, agreed with Schlesinger's reformist approach. Schlesinger appointed him head of the clandestine branch in early 1973. When Nixon reshuffled his agency heads and made Schlesinger secretary of defense, Colby emerged as a natural candidate for DCI—apparently on the basis of the recommendation that he was a professional who would not make waves. Colby was known as a media-friendly CIA director. His tenure as DCI, which lasted two and a half tumultuous years, was overshadowed by the Church and Pike congressional investigations into alleged U.S. intelligence malfeasance over the preceding 25 years, including 1975, the so-called Year of Intelligence. Colby's time as DCI was also eventful on the world stage. Shortly after he assumed leadership, the Yom Kippur War broke out, an event that surprised not only the American intelligence agencies but also the Israelis. This intelligence surprise reportedly affected Colby's credibility with the Nixon administration. Colby
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Who was the director of the CIA from 1976-81?
+A: 
+==================================================
+
+==================================================
+PROMPT #17:
+==================================================
+"On the Street Where You Live" is a song with music by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner from the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady. It is sung in the musical by the character Freddy Eynsford-Hill, who was portrayed by John Michael King in the original production. In the 1964 film version, it was sung by Bill Shirley, dubbing for actor Jeremy Brett. Recorded versions The most popular single of the song was recorded by Vic Damone in 1956 for Columbia Records. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard chart and No. 6 on Cashbox magazine's chart. It was a No. 1 hit in the UK Singles Chart in 1958. Eddie Fisher also had a top 20 Billboard hit with the song in 1956, reaching No. 18. Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra released a version that went to No. 96 in 1956. Andy Williams' recording appeared in the Billboard top 40 in 1964, reaching No. 3 on the adult contemporary chart and No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been recorded by a wide variety of other performers, including Ray Conniff and Bing Crosby, who recorded the song in 1956 for use on his radio show and it was subsequently included in the boxed set The Bing Crosby CBS Radio Recordings (1954–56) issued by Mosaic Records (catalog MD7-245) in 2009, Lawrence Welk (whose band also performed it on his weekly TV series numerous times), Shirley Horn, Doris Day, George Shearing, Frank Chacksfield, Alfie Boe, Bobby Darin, Dean Martin, Mario Lanza,The Times praised it as "Alan Jay Lerner's terrific autobiography". The Street Where I Live was reissued in 1989 by Columbus Books and in 1994 by the Da Capo Press. In 2000, BBC radio broadcast a serialization of the book, read by Henry Goodman, which The Times called "one of the delights of the evening schedule". References Sources Non-fiction books about musical theatre"On the Street Where You Live" is a song from the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady. On the Street Where You Live may also refer to: On the Street Where You Live (TV series), an Irish documentary television series On The Street Where You Live, a 2001 novel by Mary Higgins Clark
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Which musical featured the song The Street Where You Live?
+A: 
+==================================================
+
+==================================================
+PROMPT #18:
+==================================================
+engineers were ordered to end construction work. The Allies were unaware of this and mounted further attacks on the site as part of the United States Army Air Forces experimental Operation Aphrodite, involving radio-controlled B-24 Liberators packed with explosives. Two such attacks were mounted but failed; in the second such attack, on 12 August, Lt Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. – the elder brother of future US President John F. Kennedy – was killed when the drone aircraft exploded prematurely. By the end of the bombing campaign, over 4,100 tons of bombs had been dropped on Mimoyecques, more than on any other V-weapons site. The Mimoyecques site was never formally abandoned, but German forces left it at the start of September 1944 as the Allies advanced northeast from Normandy towards the Pas de Calais. It was captured on 5 September by the Canadian 3rd Infantry Division. Subsequent investigations and attempted demolition In September 1944, Duncan Sandys ordered the constitution of a Technical Inter-Services Mission under Colonel T.R.B. Sanders. It was given the task of investigating the V-weapons sites at Mimoyecques, Siracourt, Watten, and Wizernes, collectively known to the Allies as the "Heavy Crossbow" sites. Sanders' report was submitted to the War Cabinet on 19 March 1945. Even at this stage the true purpose of the site was unclear. Claims that it had been intended to be used for "electro-magnetic projectors" (railguns), firing huge shells at London, were debunked by Lord Cherwell, Winston Churchill's scientific adviser, who calculated that it would take sixty times the output of Battersearesearched at a facility in Peenemünde along with the V-1 flying bomb. The V-2's first target was Paris on 8 September 1944. The program while advanced proved to be an impediment to the war economy. The large capital investment was not repaid in military effectiveness. The rockets were built at an underground factory at Mittelwerk. Labor to build the A4 rockets came from the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp. Of the 60,000 people who ended up at the camp 20,000 died, due to the appalling conditions. On 14 April 1944, Speer lost control of Organisation Todt to his Deputy, Franz Xaver Dorsch. He opposed the assassination attempt against Hitler on 20 July 1944. He was not involved in the plot, and played a minor role in the regime's efforts to regain control over Berlin after Hitler survived. After the plot Speer's rivals attacked some of his closest allies and his management system fell out of favor with radicals in the party. He lost yet more authority. Defeat of Nazi Germany Losses of territory and a dramatic expansion of the Allied strategic bombing campaign caused the collapse of the German economy from late 1944. Air attacks on the transport network were particularly effective, as they cut the main centres of production off from essential coal supplies. In January 1945, Speer told Goebbels that armaments production could be sustained for at least a year. However, he concluded that the war was lost after Soviet forces captured the important Silesian industrial region later that month. Nevertheless, Speer believed that Germany shouldof 1944 the Allies continued their gains in the Mediterranean Theatre and massed men and materiel for a European invasion along the French channel coastline. The conspirators began to organize for another attempt to assassinate Hitler and take over both German civil government and its military. The von Stauffenberg bomb attempt and aftermath By the summer of 1944 unrest in the German military and diplomatic ranks was widespread. The Allied landing at Normandy in June and failed German response raised the specter of doom among the upper ranks even of German field marshals. The Schwarze Kapelle responded by organizing a deadly attempt on Hitler's life at his Wolf's Lair compound in East Prussia. Undertaken by an aristocratic member of a hereditarily military family, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg, the July 20 Plot nearly succeeded. Although surrounded by fatalities from the bomb Hitler escaped with a concussion and various injuries. In the aftermath he was determined to get vengeance upon the plotters. The Gestapo rounded up the members of the Schwarze Kapelle and many, many more it believed were either implicated in or sympathetic to it; according to its records it put 7,000 of them to death. Stauffenberg and three others were summarily shot that night. Most of the conspirators were put on trial in the Volksgerichtshof (People's Court) between August 1944 to February 1945. Many were executed the day after their convictions by hanging from meat hooks at Plötzensee Prison. Architect of the 1943 bomb plot on Hitler's plane Fabian von Schlabrendorff only escaped death because an
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: "Who was the target of the failed ""Bomb Plot"" of 1944?"
+A: 
+==================================================
+
+==================================================
+PROMPT #19:
+==================================================
+propelling him into the first rank of international superstars. The album contained the number-one hit "All Night Long", a Caribbean-flavored dance number that was promoted by a colorful music video produced by former Monkee Michael Nesmith. In 1984, he performed "All Night Long" at the ending ceremony of the XXIII Olympic Games in Los Angeles. Several more Top 10 hits followed, the most successful of which was the ballad "Hello" (1984), a sentimental love song that showed how far he had moved from his R&B roots. Richie had three more top ten hits in 1984, "Stuck on You" (No. 3), "Running with the Night" (No. 7) and "Penny Lover" (No. 8), as well as writing and producing "Missing You" for former labelmate and duet partner Diana Ross (No. 10 Pop, No. 1 R&B). In 1985, he wrote and performed "Say You, Say Me" for the film White Nights. The song won an Academy Award and reached No. 1 on the U.S. charts, staying there for four weeks, making it the number-two song of 1986 according to Billboards Year-End Hot 100 chart, behind the charity single "That's What Friends Are For" by Dionne and Friends. He also collaborated with Michael Jackson on the charity single "We Are the World" by USA for Africa, another number-one hit. In 1986, Richie released Dancing on the Ceiling, his last widely popular album, which produced a run of five US and UK hits, "Say You, Say Me" (U.S. No. 1), "Dancing on the Ceiling" (U.S. No. 2), "Love Will Conquer All"top 20 US R&B chart hit in 1972. Their first few recordings were released on Buddah Records, including "Hold Back the Night", which was a hit on the Billboard R&B chart in 1973, before a re-release saw it climb in the UK two years later. Several R&B hits followed during a stay with Philadelphia International subsidiary Golden Fleece (run by Baker-Harris-Young) before they signed to Atlantic Records. Their single "Disco Inferno" (1976), which was included on the Grammy Award-winning Saturday Night Fever: The Original Movie Sound Track in 1977, reached No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in May 1978. Other major hits included "Hold Back the Night" (1975) (UK No. 5) and "That's Where the Happy People Go" (1976). In late 1977, the Trammps released the song "The Night the Lights Went Out" to commemorate the electrical blackout that affected New York City on July 13–14, 1977. Their signature song "Disco Inferno" has been covered by Tina Turner and Cyndi Lauper. In addition, Graham Parker covered "Hold Back the Night" on "The Pink Parker EP" in 1977, and reached No. 24 in the UK Singles Chart, and top 60 in the US. In 2021, "Disco Inferno" was certified Silver by the British Phonographic Industry, together with "Can We Come Together" (from the album Where the Happy People Go). Dissolution and aftermath On September 19, 2005, the group's "Disco Inferno" was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame at a ceremony held in New York. The song was part-written by Ron Kersey, a producer-arranger"Hold On to the Nights" is a power ballad written and performed by American rock singer/songwriter/musician Richard Marx. This was the fourth and final single released from his self-titled debut album, and his first to reach number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song has been re-released on numerous albums and is included on Marx's live performance DVD A Night Out with Friends (2012). Release "Hold On to the Nights" reached the Billboard Hot 100 number 1 position on July 23, 1988, preventing Def Leppard's "Pour Some Sugar on Me" from reaching the top spot that same week. The song was on the chart for twenty-one weeks, and left the chart at number 91. The song also reached at number three on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Chart performance Charts Personnel Richard Marx – vocals, keyboards, acoustic piano Michael Landau – guitars Patrick O'Hearn – bass Tris Imboden – drums Paulinho da Costa – percussion Other performances Marx appeared as lounge singer/piano player Buddy Daquiri in the "Poison Fire Teats Universe" episode of the TV series Life in Pieces in 2017, in which he played the song on the piano while whistling. References 1987 songs 1988 singles Richard Marx songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Songs written by Richard Marx Pop ballads Rock ballads EMI Records singles Songs about nights
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Who had an 80s No 1 hit with Hold On To The Nights?
+A: 
+==================================================
+
+==================================================
+PROMPT #20:
+==================================================
+Turner Classic Movies in November 2006 features directors Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, and Martin Scorsese, who suggest that the string of classic films Ford directed during 1936 to 1941 was due in part to an intense six-month extramarital affair with Katharine Hepburn, the star of Mary of Scotland (1936), an Elizabethan costume drama. 1939–1941 Stagecoach (1939) was Ford's first western since 3 Bad Men in 1926, and it was his first with sound. Orson Welles claimed that he watched Stagecoach forty times in preparation for making Citizen Kane. It remains one of the most admired and imitated of all Hollywood movies, not least for its climactic stagecoach chase and the hair-raising horse-jumping scene, performed by the stuntman Yakima Canutt. The Dudley Nichols–Ben Hecht screenplay was based on an Ernest Haycox story that Ford had spotted in Collier's magazine and he purchased the screen rights for just $2500. Production chief Walter Wanger urged Ford to hire Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich for the lead roles, but eventually accepted Ford's decision to cast Claire Trevor as Dallas and a virtual unknown, his friend John Wayne, as Ringo; Wanger reportedly had little further influence over the production. In making Stagecoach, Ford faced entrenched industry prejudice about the now-hackneyed genre which he had helped to make so popular. Although low-budget western features and serials were still being churned out in large numbers by "Poverty Row" studios, the genre had fallen out of favor with the big studios during the 1930s and they were regarded as B-grade "pulp" movies at best.Stagecoach is a 1986 American made-for-television Western action drama film and remake of the classic 1939 film Stagecoach, directed by Ted Post and starring Kris Kristofferson as the Ringo Kid, the role originally played by John Wayne. Willie Nelson portrays famous gunslinger and dentist Doc Holliday, Johnny Cash portrays Marshal Curly Wilcox and Waylon Jennings plays the gambler Hatfield. The four main stars of the film (Nelson, Kristofferson, Cash and Jennings) were associated as members of the country music supergroup The Highwaymen. The supporting cast features Elizabeth Ashley, Anthony Newley, Tony Franciosa, Mary Crosby, June Carter Cash and Jessi Colter. Plot In 1880, a group of strangers boards the east-bound stagecoach from Tonto, Arizona Territory, to Lordsburg, New Mexico Territory. The travelers seem ordinary, but many have secrets from which they are running. Among them are Dallas, a prostitute, who is being driven out of town; an alcoholic dentist, Doc Holliday; pregnant Lucy Mallory, who is meeting her cavalry officer husband; and whiskey salesman Trevor Peacock. As the stage sets out, U.S. Cavalry Lieutenant Blanchard announces that Geronimo and his Apaches are on the warpath; his small troop will provide an escort to Dry Fork. Cast Willie Nelson as Doc Holliday Kris Kristofferson as Ringo / Ringo Kid / Bill Williams Johnny Cash as Marshal Curly Wilcox Waylon Jennings as Hatfield (Gambler) John Schneider as Buck (Overland Stage Driver) Elizabeth Ashley as Dallas Anthony Newley as Trevor Peacock (Old John's Whiskey Salesman) Tony Franciosa as Henry Gatewood (Tonto Banker) Merritt Butrick as Lieutenant Blanchard Mary CrosbyStagecoach is a 1939 American Western film directed by John Ford and starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne in his breakthrough role. The screenplay by Dudley Nichols is an adaptation of "The Stage to Lordsburg", a 1937 short story by Ernest Haycox. The film follows a group of strangers riding on a stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory. The film has long been recognized as an important work that transcends the Western genre. Philosopher Robert B. Pippin has observed that both the collection of characters and their journey "are archetypal rather than merely individual" and that the film is a "mythic representation of the American aspiration toward a form of politically meaningful equality." In 1995, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in their National Film Registry. Still, Stagecoach has not avoided controversy. Like most Westerns of the era, its depiction of Native Americans as simplistic savages has been criticized. Stagecoach was the first of many Westerns that Ford shot in Monument Valley, on the Arizona–Utah border in the American Southwest. Many of the movies Ford shot there also starred John Wayne. Scenes from Stagecoach, including a sequence introducing John Wayne's character the Ringo Kid, blended shots of Monument Valley with shots filmed on the Iverson Movie Ranch in Chatsworth, California, RKO Encino Movie Ranch, and other locations. Geographic incongruities are visible throughout the film, including the closing scene where Ringo (Wayne) and Dallas (Trevor) depart Lordsburg, in southwestern New Mexico, by way of
+Think hard, but answer shortly and concisely. Only give direct answers to the questions. No additional explanations. Directly answer these questions:
+Q: Who was the man behind The Chipmunks??
+A: David Seville
+
+Q: Which Lloyd Webber musical premiered in the US on 10th December 1993??
+A: Sunset Boulevard
+
+Q: Who was the next British Prime Minister after Arthur Balfour??
+A: Campbell-Bannerman
+
+Q: Who had a 70s No 1 hit with Kiss You All Over??
+A: Exile
+
+Q: What claimed the life of singer Kathleen Ferrier??
+A: Cancer
+
+Q: Who directed the classic 30s western Stagecoach?
+A: 
+==================================================
+

benchmarks/generation_speed_bench.py

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+import argparse
+import re
+import sys
+import time
+from pathlib import Path
+from statistics import mean
+
+from leann.chat import get_llm
+
+
+def parse_prompts_from_file(file_path: str) -> list[str]:
+    """
+    Parse a prompt dump file into individual prompt strings.
+
+    Splits by lines that look like: "PROMPT #<n>:".
+    Keeps the content from each marker up to the next marker (or EOF).
+    """
+    with open(file_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+        text = f.read()
+
+    matches = list(re.finditer(r"^PROMPT\s+#\d+:\s*$", text, flags=re.MULTILINE))
+    if not matches:
+        # Fallback: try a more permissive pattern
+        matches = list(
+            re.finditer(r"^=+\nPROMPT\s+#\d+:\n=+\s*$", text, flags=re.MULTILINE)
+        )
+
+    prompts: list[str] = []
+    if not matches:
+        # No explicit markers; treat the whole file as a single prompt
+        return [text]
+
+    for i, m in enumerate(matches):
+        start = m.end()
+        end = matches[i + 1].start() if i + 1 < len(matches) else len(text)
+        block = text[start:end].strip()
+        # Reattach the marker line content above the block for full context
+        header_line_start = text.rfind("\n", 0, m.start()) + 1
+        header = text[header_line_start : m.end()].strip()
+        prompts.append(f"{header}\n{block}".strip())
+
+    return prompts
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description=(
+            "Iterate prompts in a dump file, time generations, print outputs, and report last-10 average time."
+        )
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--path",
+        default="benchmarks/data/prompts_g5/prompt_dump_nq_hnsw.txt",
+        help="Path to the prompt dump file",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--type",
+        default="ollama",
+        choices=["hf", "openai", "ollama", "gemini", "simulated"],
+        help="LLM backend type",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--model",
+        default="Qwen/Qwen3-4B",
+        help="Model identifier (depends on backend)",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--max_tokens",
+        type=int,
+        default=512,
+        help="Max new tokens to generate per prompt",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    llm_config = {"type": args.type, "model": args.model}
+    chat = get_llm(llm_config)
+
+    prompts = parse_prompts_from_file(args.path)
+    print(f"Found {len(prompts)} prompts in {args.path}")
+
+    times: list[float] = []
+    for idx, prompt in enumerate(prompts, start=1):
+        print("\n" + "=" * 80)
+        print(f"PROMPT {idx}/{len(prompts)}")
+        print("-" * 80)
+        start = time.perf_counter()
+        try:
+            output = chat.ask(prompt, max_tokens=args.max_tokens)
+        except Exception as e:
+            output = f"<error: {e}>"
+        elapsed = time.perf_counter() - start
+        times.append(elapsed)
+        print(f"Time: {elapsed:.3f}s")
+        print("-" * 80)
+        print(output)
+        print("=" * 80)
+
+    if times:
+        window = times[-10:] if len(times) >= 10 else times
+        avg_last_10 = mean(window)
+        print(
+            f"\nAverage time over last {len(window)} prompts: {avg_last_10:.3f}s"
+        )
+    else:
+        print("No prompts processed.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
+
+
+
+
+

benchmarks/run_all.sh

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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# 公共参数
+INDEX_PATH="benchmarks/data/indices/rpj_wiki/rpj_wiki"
+NUM_QUERIES=20
+BATCH_SIZE=128
+LLM_MODEL="qwen3:4b"
+TOP_K=3
+
+# 日志目录（带时间戳）
+LOG_DIR="logs/eval_runs_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
+mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
+
+# dataset -> ef 列表
+declare -A EF_MAP=(
+  [nq_open.jsonl]="32 62 190"
+  [trivia_qa.jsonl]="77 150 249"
+  [gpqa.jsonl]="41 72 124"
+  [hotpot_qa.jsonl]="137 299 1199"
+)
+
+# 按指定顺序遍历
+ORDERED_DATASETS=(nq_open.jsonl trivia_qa.jsonl gpqa.jsonl hotpot_qa.jsonl)
+
+for dataset in "${ORDERED_DATASETS[@]}"; do
+  for ef in ${EF_MAP[$dataset]}; do
+    log_file="${LOG_DIR}/${dataset%.jsonl}_ef${ef}.log"
+
+    # 展示并记录将要执行的命令
+    cmd=(python benchmarks/run_evaluation.py "$INDEX_PATH" \
+      --num-queries "$NUM_QUERIES" \
+      --ef "$ef" \
+      --batch-size "$BATCH_SIZE" \
+      --llm-model "$LLM_MODEL" \
+      --top-k "$TOP_K" \
+      --queries-file "$dataset")
+
+    echo "=== Running dataset=${dataset} ef=${ef} ===" | tee -a "$log_file"
+    printf 'CMD: '; printf '%q ' "${cmd[@]}" | tee -a "$log_file"; echo | tee -a "$log_file"
+
+    # 同时输出到命令行和日志文件
+    "${cmd[@]}" 2>&1 | tee -a "$log_file"
+
+    echo | tee -a "$log_file"
+  done
+done
+
+echo "All runs completed. Logs in: $LOG_DIR"

benchmarks/run_evaluation.py

@@ -203,6 +203,15 @@ def main():
         default=0,
         help="Batch size for HNSW batched search (0 disables batching)",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--queries-file",
+        type=str,
+        default="nq_open.jsonl",
+        help=(
+            "Queries file to use. Provide a filename under benchmarks/data/queries "
+            "or an absolute path to a .jsonl file (default: nq_open.jsonl)."
+        ),
+    )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--llm-type",
         type=str,
@@ -314,8 +323,52 @@ def main():
         dataset_type = Path(args.index_path).name
         print(f"WARNING: Could not detect dataset type from path, inferred '{dataset_type}'.")
 
-    queries_file = data_root / "queries" / "nq_open.jsonl"
-    golden_results_file = data_root / "ground_truth" / dataset_type / "flat_results_nq_k3.json"
+    # Resolve queries file (supports absolute path or name under data/queries)
+    queries_file_candidate = Path(args.queries_file)
+    if queries_file_candidate.is_absolute():
+        queries_file = queries_file_candidate
+    else:
+        queries_file = data_root / "queries" / args.queries_file
+
+    if not queries_file.exists():
+        print(f"Error: Queries file not found: {queries_file}")
+        print("Tip: Use --queries-file with a filename under benchmarks/data/queries or an absolute path.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    # Infer ground-truth file from the queries filename
+    qname = queries_file.name.lower()
+    if "hotpot" in qname:
+        task_key = "hotpot"
+    elif "trivia" in qname:
+        task_key = "trivia"
+    elif "gpqa" in qname:
+        task_key = "gpqa"
+    elif "nq" in qname:
+        task_key = "nq"
+    else:
+        print(
+            "Error: Could not infer task from queries filename. Supported names include 'nq', 'hotpot', 'trivia', 'gpqa'."
+        )
+        print(f"Filename was: {queries_file.name}")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    golden_results_file = data_root / "ground_truth" / dataset_type / f"flat_results_{task_key}_k3.json"
+    if not golden_results_file.exists():
+        gt_dir = data_root / "ground_truth" / dataset_type
+        try:
+            available = sorted(p.name for p in gt_dir.glob("flat_results_*_k3.json"))
+        except Exception:
+            available = []
+        print(
+            f"Error: Ground truth file not found for task '{task_key}' under dataset '{dataset_type}': {golden_results_file}"
+        )
+        if available:
+            print("Available ground truth files:")
+            for name in available:
+                print(f"  - {name}")
+        else:
+            print(f"No ground truth files found in {gt_dir}")
+        sys.exit(1)
 
     print(f"INFO: Detected dataset type: {dataset_type}")
     print(f"INFO: Using queries file: {queries_file}")
@@ -346,15 +399,15 @@ def main():
             search_times.append(time.time() - start_time)
 
             # Optional: also call the LLM with configurable backend/model (does not affect recall)
-            llm_config = {"type": args.llm_type, "model": args.llm_model}
-            chat = LeannChat(args.index_path, llm_config=llm_config, searcher=searcher)
-            answer = chat.ask(
-                queries[i],
-                top_k=args.top_k,
-                complexity=args.ef_search,
-                batch_size=args.batch_size,
-            )
-            print(f"Answer: {answer}")
+            # llm_config = {"type": args.llm_type, "model": args.llm_model}
+            # chat = LeannChat(args.index_path, llm_config=llm_config, searcher=searcher)
+            # answer = chat.ask(
+            #     queries[i],
+            #     top_k=args.top_k,
+            #     complexity=args.ef_search,
+            #     batch_size=args.batch_size,
+            # )
+            # print(f"Answer: {answer}")
             # Correct Recall Calculation: Based on TEXT content
             new_texts = {result.text for result in new_results}
 
@@ -378,10 +431,16 @@ def main():
         avg_recall = np.mean(recall_scores) if recall_scores else 0
         avg_time = np.mean(search_times) if search_times else 0
 
+        print(f"search time: {search_times}")
+
         print("\n🎉 --- Evaluation Complete ---")
         print(f"Avg. Recall@{args.top_k} (efSearch={args.ef_search}): {avg_recall:.4f}")
         print(f"Avg. Search Time: {avg_time:.4f}s")
 
+        # avg last 10 search times
+        avg_last_10_search_times = np.mean(search_times[-10:])
+        print(f"Avg. Last 10 Search Times: {avg_last_10_search_times:.4f}s")
+
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"\n❌ An error occurred during evaluation: {e}")
         import traceback

benchmarks/run_speed_bench_all.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# Absolute paths (adjust if needed)
+PROMPTS_DIR="/home/tony/yichuan/leann/benchmarks/data/prompts_g5"
+SCRIPT_PATH="/home/tony/yichuan/leann/benchmarks/generation_speed_bench.py"
+
+# Common args
+MAX_TOKENS=2048
+OLLAMA_MODEL="qwen3:4b"
+HF_MODEL="Qwen/Qwen3-4B"
+
+# Logs
+LOG_DIR="/home/tony/yichuan/leann/logs/speed_bench_$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)"
+mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
+
+echo "Scanning: $PROMPTS_DIR"
+
+# Iterate all .txt files under PROMPTS_DIR
+while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
+  base_name=$(basename "$file")
+  stem_name="${base_name%.*}"
+
+  # 1) Ollama
+  log_ollama="${LOG_DIR}/${stem_name}_ollama.log"
+  cmd_ollama=(python "$SCRIPT_PATH" \
+    --path "$file" \
+    --type ollama \
+    --model "$OLLAMA_MODEL" \
+    --max_tokens "$MAX_TOKENS")
+
+  echo "=== Running (ollama) file=${file} model=${OLLAMA_MODEL} ===" | tee -a "$log_ollama"
+  printf 'CMD: '; printf '%q ' "${cmd_ollama[@]}" | tee -a "$log_ollama"; echo | tee -a "$log_ollama"
+  "${cmd_ollama[@]}" 2>&1 | tee -a "$log_ollama"
+  echo | tee -a "$log_ollama"
+
+  # 2) HF
+  log_hf="${LOG_DIR}/${stem_name}_hf.log"
+  cmd_hf=(python "$SCRIPT_PATH" \
+    --path "$file" \
+    --type hf \
+    --model "$HF_MODEL" \
+    --max_tokens "$MAX_TOKENS")
+
+  echo "=== Running (hf) file=${file} model=${HF_MODEL} ===" | tee -a "$log_hf"
+  printf 'CMD: '; printf '%q ' "${cmd_hf[@]}" | tee -a "$log_hf"; echo | tee -a "$log_hf"
+  "${cmd_hf[@]}" 2>&1 | tee -a "$log_hf"
+  echo | tee -a "$log_hf"
+
+done < <(find "$PROMPTS_DIR" -type f -name '*.txt' -print0)
+
+
+echo "All runs completed. Logs in: $LOG_DIR"
+
+

packages/leann-core/src/leann/chat.py

@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ class OllamaChat(LLMInterface):
         logger.debug(f"Sending request to Ollama: {payload}")
         try:
             logger.info("Sending request to Ollama and waiting for response...")
+            max_tokens = kwargs.get("max_tokens", 1000)
+            payload["options"]["max_tokens"] = max_tokens
             response = requests.post(full_url, data=json.dumps(payload))
             response.raise_for_status()
 
@@ -620,8 +622,8 @@ class HFChat(LLMInterface):
         is_qwen_model = "qwen" in self.model.config._name_or_path.lower()
 
         # For Qwen models, automatically add /no_think to the prompt
-        if is_qwen_model and "/no_think" not in prompt and "/think" not in prompt:
-            prompt = prompt + " /no_think"
+        # if is_qwen_model and "/no_think" not in prompt and "/think" not in prompt:
+        #     prompt = prompt + " /no_think"
 
         # Prepare chat template
         messages = [{"role": "user", "content": prompt}]

packages/leann-core/src/leann/embedding_compute.py

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ logger.setLevel(log_level)
 # Global model cache to avoid repeated loading
 _model_cache: dict[str, Any] = {}
 
+# Enable fast tokenizer multithreading by default
+os.environ.setdefault("TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM", "true")
+
 
 def compute_embeddings(
     texts: list[str],
@@ -30,7 +33,7 @@ def compute_embeddings(
     batch_size: int = 32,
     adaptive_optimization: bool = True,
     manual_tokenize: bool = False,
-    max_length: int = 512,
+    max_length: int = 256,
 ) -> np.ndarray:
     """
     Unified embedding computation entry point
@@ -70,15 +73,18 @@ def compute_embeddings(
 
 def compute_embeddings_sentence_transformers(
     texts: list[str],
-    model_name: str,
+    model_name: str, 
     use_fp16: bool = True,
     device: str = "auto",
     batch_size: int = 32,
     is_build: bool = False,
     adaptive_optimization: bool = True,
     manual_tokenize: bool = False,
-    max_length: int = 512,
+    max_length: int = 256,
 ) -> np.ndarray:
+    manual_tokenize = False
+    batch_size = 512
+    
     """
     Compute embeddings using SentenceTransformer with model caching and adaptive optimization
 
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ def compute_embeddings_sentence_transformers(
         # Keep original batch_size for CPU
 
     # Create cache key
-    cache_key = f"sentence_transformers_{model_name}_{device}_{use_fp16}_optimized"
+    cache_key = f"sentence_transformers_{model_name}_{device}_{use_fp16}_optimized_len{max_length}"
 
     # Check if model is already cached
     if cache_key in _model_cache:
@@ -158,13 +164,18 @@ def compute_embeddings_sentence_transformers(
             "torch_dtype": torch.float16 if use_fp16 else torch.float32,
             "low_cpu_mem_usage": True,
             "_fast_init": True,
-            "attn_implementation": "eager",  # Use eager attention for speed
         }
+        # Prefer SDPA on CUDA; fall back to eager elsewhere
+        if device == "cuda":
+            model_kwargs["attn_implementation"] = "sdpa"
+        else:
+            model_kwargs["attn_implementation"] = "eager"
 
         tokenizer_kwargs = {
             "use_fast": True,
-            "padding": True,
+            "padding": "max_length",
             "truncation": True,
+            "max_length": max_length,
         }
 
         try:
@@ -216,6 +227,13 @@ def compute_embeddings_sentence_transformers(
         for param in model.parameters():
             param.requires_grad_(False)
 
+        # Enforce max sequence length for encode path
+        try:
+            if hasattr(model, "max_seq_length"):
+                model.max_seq_length = max_length
+        except Exception:
+            pass
+
         # Cache the model
         _model_cache[cache_key] = model
         logger.info(f"Model cached: {cache_key}")
@@ -228,22 +246,43 @@ def compute_embeddings_sentence_transformers(
     start_time = time.time()
     if not manual_tokenize:
         # Use SentenceTransformer's optimized encode path (default)
+        # print text shapr
         with torch.inference_mode():
+            # print avg len of texts
+            avg_len = sum(len(text) for text in texts) / len(texts)
+            logger.info(f"Avg len of texts: {avg_len}")
+            # print the precision of the model
+            logger.info(f"Model precision: {model.dtype}")
+            time_start = time.time()
             embeddings = model.encode(
                 texts,
                 batch_size=batch_size,
                 show_progress_bar=is_build,  # Don't show progress bar in server environment
-                convert_to_numpy=True,
+                convert_to_tensor=True,
                 normalize_embeddings=False,
                 device=device,
+                max_length=max_length,
             )
+
         # Synchronize if CUDA to measure accurate wall time
         try:
-            if torch.cuda.is_available():
-                torch.cuda.synchronize()
+            # if torch.cuda.is_available():
+            #     torch.cuda.synchronize()
+            time_end = time.time()
+            embedding_time, embedding_tpt = (
+                time_end - time_start,
+                embeddings.shape[0] / (time_end - time_start),
+            )
+            logger.info(
+                f"Time taken in embedding {batch_size} texts in embedding model: {embedding_time} seconds, embedding tpt: {embedding_tpt} seqs/s"
+            )
         except Exception:
             pass
+        # Single CPU copy after timing (avoid per-batch D2H sync)
+        if isinstance(embeddings, torch.Tensor):
+            embeddings = embeddings.float().cpu().numpy()
     else:
+        time_start = time.time()
         # Manual tokenization + forward pass using HF AutoTokenizer/AutoModel
         try:
             from transformers import AutoModel, AutoTokenizer  # type: ignore
@@ -251,8 +290,8 @@ def compute_embeddings_sentence_transformers(
             raise ImportError(f"transformers is required for manual_tokenize=True: {e}")
 
         # Cache tokenizer and model
-        tok_cache_key = f"hf_tokenizer_{model_name}"
-        mdl_cache_key = f"hf_model_{model_name}_{device}_{use_fp16}"
+        tok_cache_key = f"hf_tokenizer_{model_name}_len{max_length}_padmax"
+        mdl_cache_key = f"hf_model_{model_name}_{device}_{use_fp16}_len{max_length}"
         if tok_cache_key in _model_cache and mdl_cache_key in _model_cache:
             hf_tokenizer = _model_cache[tok_cache_key]
             hf_model = _model_cache[mdl_cache_key]
@@ -273,9 +312,10 @@ def compute_embeddings_sentence_transformers(
             _model_cache[tok_cache_key] = hf_tokenizer
             _model_cache[mdl_cache_key] = hf_model
 
-        all_embeddings: list[np.ndarray] = []
+        emb_list: list[torch.Tensor] = []
         # Progress bar when building or for large inputs
         show_progress = is_build or len(texts) > 32
+        show_progress = False
         try:
             if show_progress:
                 from tqdm import tqdm  # type: ignore
@@ -298,28 +338,36 @@ def compute_embeddings_sentence_transformers(
                 tokenize_start_time = time.time()
                 inputs = hf_tokenizer(
                     batch_texts,
-                    padding=True,
+                    padding="max_length",
                     truncation=True,
                     max_length=max_length,
                     return_tensors="pt",
                 )
                 tokenize_end_time = time.time()
-                logger.info(
+                logger.debug(
                     f"Tokenize time taken: {tokenize_end_time - tokenize_start_time} seconds"
                 )
-                # Print shapes of all input tensors for debugging
-                for k, v in inputs.items():
-                    print(f"inputs[{k!r}] shape: {getattr(v, 'shape', type(v))}")
                 to_device_start_time = time.time()
-                inputs = {k: v.to(device) for k, v in inputs.items()}
+                # Pin CPU memory then transfer non-blocking to GPU when available
+                inputs = {
+                    k: (v.pin_memory() if (device == "cuda" and v.device.type == "cpu") else v)
+                    for k, v in inputs.items()
+                }
+                inputs = {
+                    k: v.to(device, non_blocking=(device == "cuda")) for k, v in inputs.items()
+                }
                 to_device_end_time = time.time()
-                logger.info(
+                logger.debug(
                     f"To device time taken: {to_device_end_time - to_device_start_time} seconds"
                 )
+                # if device == "cuda":
+                #     torch.cuda.synchronize()
                 forward_start_time = time.time()
                 outputs = hf_model(**inputs)
+                # if device == "cuda":
+                #     torch.cuda.synchronize()
                 forward_end_time = time.time()
-                logger.info(f"Forward time taken: {forward_end_time - forward_start_time} seconds")
+                logger.debug(f"Forward time taken: {forward_end_time - forward_start_time} seconds")
                 last_hidden_state = outputs.last_hidden_state  # (B, L, H)
                 attention_mask = inputs.get("attention_mask")
                 if attention_mask is None:
@@ -330,18 +378,27 @@ def compute_embeddings_sentence_transformers(
                     masked = last_hidden_state * mask
                     lengths = mask.sum(dim=1).clamp(min=1)
                     pooled = masked.sum(dim=1) / lengths
-                # Move to CPU float32
-                batch_embeddings = pooled.detach().to("cpu").float().numpy()
-                all_embeddings.append(batch_embeddings)
+                # Accumulate on-device; single D2H copy after loop
+                emb_list.append(pooled.detach())
 
-        embeddings = np.vstack(all_embeddings).astype(np.float32, copy=False)
-        try:
-            if torch.cuda.is_available():
-                torch.cuda.synchronize()
-        except Exception:
-            pass
+        # Concatenate and single-copy to CPU/NumPy
+        embeddings_tensor = torch.cat(emb_list, dim=0)
+        embeddings = embeddings_tensor.float().cpu().numpy()
+        # try:
+        #     if torch.cuda.is_available():
+        #         torch.cuda.synchronize()
+        # except Exception:
+        #     pass
         end_time = time.time()
         logger.info(f"Manual tokenize time taken: {end_time - start_time_manual} seconds")
+        time_end = time.time()
+        tokenize_time, tokenize_tpt = (
+            time_end - time_start,
+            embeddings.shape[0] / (time_end - time_start),
+        )
+        logger.info(
+            f"Tokenize time taken: {tokenize_time} seconds, tokenize tpt: {tokenize_tpt} seqs/s"
+        )
     end_time = time.time()
     logger.info(f"Generated {len(embeddings)} embeddings, dimension: {embeddings.shape[1]}")
     logger.info(f"Time taken: {end_time - start_time} seconds")