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question:You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. It’s not easy to get to Michele Bachmann. Her appearance at a rally on Tuesday in Aiken, S.C., attended by perhaps 150 people, featured three uniformed police officers and two plainclothes bodyguards. One of those guards spent much of the day preventing reporters from getting too close to the candidate. After her speech, as she greeted fans and signed autographs, he planted himself directly in front of another man filming her chitchat with a handheld video camera. (At another event on Tuesday, I saw the same man making hand gestures to another Bachmann staffer when I came near with a pen and pad.) (MORE: Nine Epically Wrong Politician History Flubs) But for Bachmann there was no escaping the media’s intense interest in a report that she suffers from crippling migraines, as indicated by the ominous presence of ABC investigative reporter Brian Ross at her rally. (It’s a handy rule of thumb that when Brian Ross is around, you have a problem.) So shortly after her remarks, Bachmann stepped away from the stage and read a statement that her press aide Alice Stewart appeared to have been fine-tuning just moments before. Here’s an excerpt: Since entering this campaign for the presidency, I have maintained a full schedule between my duties as Congresswoman and as a presidential candidate traveling across the nation to meet with voters … I have prescribed medication that I take on occasion whenever symptoms arise and they keep my migraines under control. But I’d like to be abundantly clear: My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as commander in chief. [Update: Bachmann’s campaign later released her complete statement. She appears to have misread the last line above, which I transcribed verbatim.] Bachmann said 30 million Americans suffer from migraines and that “nearly 1 in 4 American households” have a migraine sufferer. “While I appreciate the concern for myself and for my health,” she added, looking to climb back down to safer ground, “the greater concern should be the debate that is occurring today in Washington, D.C., over whether or not we will increase our debt spending and taxes.” Bachmann reiterated that she would not vote to raise the debt ceiling. And with that, she departed without taking questions. (PHOTOS: Portraits of the Tea Party) That’s when things got interesting. Ross dashed after Bachmann, repeatedly asking whether she had ever missed a House vote due to a migraine. She ignored him. Ross pursued her into a parking area behind the stage. Her aides grew alarmed. When Ross made a beeline for the white SUV waiting to carry Bachmann away, two Bachmann men pounced on him, grabbing and pushing him multiple times with what looked to me like unusual force. In fact, I have never seen a reporter treated so roughly at a campaign event, especially not a presidential one. Ross was finally able to break away and lob his question at Bachmann one more time, but she continued to ignore him. Afterward, I asked Ross — a hard-nosed pro who nevertheless seemed slightly shaken — whether he had ever been treated so roughly. “A few times,” he told me. “Mostly by Mafia people.” To zoom out for a minute, what’s most interesting here isn’t Bachmann’s headaches. She’s still a long way from the nuclear football, and unless the story takes some darker turn, I don’t see why a seemingly manageable battle with migraines would be a game changer for her candidacy. (MORE: The Truth Behind Marcus Bachmann’s Controversial Christian Therapy Clinic) The more pertinent question may have to do with Bachmann’s preparedness for the campaign circus. Running for President, at least in its early retail stage, requires a willingness to answer inconvenient questions in settings more chaotic and unpredictable than the cable-television interviews to which she is accustomed. The trail is a messy place where reporters will swarm you. It’s definitely not always fun — and can be enough to give even a seasoned candidate a migraine. The question raised this afternoon is whether Bachmann is ready for it. ||||| In late July 2010, Rep. Michele Bachmann’s then-communications director, Dave Dziok, told his boss that he planned to take a new job with the public relations firm Edelman. Dziok had worked for Bachmann for two and a half years, a relatively long period by the standards of her office, and was leaving on good terms. Staff turnover can frustrate any employer, but Bachmann responded more dramatically. Dziok’s departure triggered a debilitating medical episode that landed the congresswoman in urgent care. “Within 24 hours she was in the hospital,” a former aide says. Bachmann was admitted to a Washington, D.C. hospital on Friday, July 30, and released that same day. She flew home to Minnesota to recuperate, missing a scheduled campaign event with Sen. Roy Blunt. It’s “nothing folks should worry about going forward,” Dziok told reporters at the time, refusing to specify why Bachmann had been hospitalized. It was, according to three people who have worked closely with Bachmann, not an isolated event. (Bachmann signs ‘Cut, Cap, and Balance’ pledge, adds promise to defund Obamacare) The Minnesota Republican frequently suffers from stress-induced medical episodes that she has characterized as severe headaches. These episodes, say witnesses, occur once a week on average and can “incapacitate” her for days at time. On at least three occasions, Bachmann has landed in the hospital as a result. “She has terrible migraine headaches. And they put her out of commission for a day or more at a time. They come out of nowhere, and they’re unpredictable,” says an adviser to Bachmann who was involved in her 2010 congressional campaign. “They level her. They put her down. It’s actually sad. It’s very painful.” Bachmann’s medical condition wouldn’t merit public attention, but for the fact she is running for president. Some close to Bachmann fear she won’t be equal to the stress of the campaign, much less the presidency itself. “When she gets ’em, frankly, she can’t function at all. It’s not like a little thing with a couple Advils. It’s bad,” the adviser says. “The migraines are so bad and so intense, she carries and takes all sorts of pills. Prevention pills. Pills during the migraine. Pills after the migraine, to keep them under control. She has to take these pills wherever she goes.” To staff, Bachmann has implausibly blamed the headaches on uncomfortable high-heel shoes, but those who have worked closely with her cite stress, a busy schedule and anything going badly for Bachmann as causes. Alice Stewart, a spokeswoman for Bachmann, said “she suffers from migraines and they’re under control with medicine.” Stewart contested descriptions of the episodes as “incapacitating” Bachmann but did not specify how the descriptions were wrong. “The information you have is incorrect,” Stewart said. She declined to discuss Bachmann’s hospital visits at all, saying, “I’m not going to go into her medical history.” On the evening of May 13, 2010, Bachmann flew to Los Angeles for a series of political and fundraising events. In part because of complications with her flight schedule, Bachmann’s mood plunged. During the entire six-hour flight, she was desperately sick from headaches. (Perry, Bachmann lead in July Daily Caller/Conservative Home tracking poll) Her husband, Marcus Bachmann, met his wife at LAX and ushered her to a nearby urgent care center. Though Bachmann managed to attend several events in California, including an appearance before a California chapter of the Eagle Forum and a fundraiser in Palm Springs, she struggled through the weekend, in pain throughout. On October 19, 2010, Bachmann fell apart at a Greenwich, Conn., fundraiser at the home of Craig Stevenson, CEO of Diamond S Shipping. She was put in a bed at Stevenson’s home and later checked into an urgent care facility near LaGuardia Airport. Back in February 2006, Bachmann checked into the hospital for what a press release called “an appendicitis attack,” according to an archive of her website. “Michele felt very well immediately after the surgery but then suffered from complications, including nausea and intense migraines,” the press release reads. Of particular concern to some around her is the significant amount of medication Bachmann takes to address her condition. The former aide says Bachmann’s congressional staff is “constantly” in contact with her doctors to tweak the types and amounts of medicine she is taking. Marcus Bachmann helps her manage the episodes. Sources who spoke to The Daily Caller said they did so because they are terrified about the impact the condition could have on Bachmann’s performance if she actually became president. They also worry that the issue could blow up in the general election campaign, giving President Obama an easy path to re-election. “It’s a careful choice of words I used: ‘incapacitated,’” the adviser says. “As president, when she’s in crisis management mode, is she going to have the physical ability to withstand the most difficult challenges facing America?” the former aide asks. TheDC agreed to provide the sources anonymity because they were providing information only a select group of people could know, at great professional risk. Two sources independently provided detailed accounts of Bachmann’s condition. A third source confirmed that Bachmann frequently suffers from debilitating headache episodes. Watch Migraines 101: ||||| The presidential candidate responds to a report about debilitating headaches, and her staff ceizes a reporter trying to dig deeper; Obama praises the Gang of Six; Brown leads Warren in an internal poll; and Hoekstra will challenge Stabenow. Make sure to sign up to get “Afternoon Fix” in your e-mail inbox every day by 5 (ish) p.m.! EARLIER ON THE FIX: GOP’s second crack at N.C. redistricting map even more perilous for Democrats Extended second quarter fundraising winners and losers Rick Perry’s ace in the hole: Rudy Giuliani Why Republicans don’t fear a debt default WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED: Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann responded today to a report that she suffers from severe migraine headaches and has been hospitalized as a result. “I have prescribed medication I take on occasion whenever symptoms arise and keep my migraines under control,” Bachmann said at an event in South Carolina. “My ability to function effectively will not affect my ability to serve as Commander in Chief.” When ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross chased after Bachmann to ask her questions about the issue, he reportedly got roughed up by her staff. In response, Bachmann spokesman Alice Stewart said Ross was overly aggressive and that he “jumped on stage and rushed towards us.” “We didn’t have time for any questions, and we made it clear we had to leave, and he disregarded repeated requests to stay back,” Stewart said. President Obama praised the Senate “Gang of Six” for its new budget deficit reduction package, but said leaders should also be prepared with the backup plan being negotiated by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). Former presidential candidate John Edwards could be forced to pay 2.3 million after an audit of his 2008 presidential campaign committee. A new poll conducted for Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) shows him leading a prospective matchup with Obama adviser Elizabeth Warren (D), 53 percent to 28 percent. The Public Opinion Strategies poll also shows him leading other Democrats by even more and that has a 67 percent job approval rating. WHAT YOU SHOULDN’T MISS: Republicans reportedly just landed a recruit to run against Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) — former congressman Pete Hoekstra (R-Mich.) — and a new poll suggests she’s very beatable. The EPIC-MRA poll shows her approval at just 38 percent, with 51 percent disapproving. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) writes in a new book that China could bring the United States to its knees. Grover Norquist hits back at New York Times columnist David Brooks, saying Brooks doesn’t do actual reporting. Brooks had written a column critical of Norquist’s rigidity against tax increases. Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear (D) is up with two new ads for his 2011 reelection campaign — both geared towards pumping up his record on business and jobs. A man who allegedly invaded the home of Rep. Leonard Boswell (D-Iowa) and his family over the weekend has been apprehended. THE FIX MIX: The U.S. Women’s World Cup team could have used this guy. ||||| With questions growing surrounding a Daily Caller report about her suffering incapacitating migraines, Michele Bachmann just put out this statement to try to tamp down the issue, in which she said she takes prescription medicine to control the pain and it would "not affect my ability to serve as Commander in Chief": "Like nearly 30 million other Americans, I experience migraines that are easily controlled with medication. I am a wife, a mother, a lawyer who worked her way through law school, a former state senator who achieved the repeal of a harmful piece of education policy in Minnesota, and a congresswoman who has worked tirelessly fighting against the expansion of government and wasteful spending. Since entering the campaign, I have maintained a full schedule between my duties as a congresswoman and as a presidential candidate traveling across the nation to meet with voters in the key, early primary and caucus states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina. I have prescribed medication that I take whenever symptoms arise and they keep the migraines under control. Let me be abundantly clear - my ability to function effectively has never been impeded by migraines and will not affect my ability to serve as Commander in Chief. ||||| What is a one-paragraph summary of the above article?

answer:Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has responded to reports about her suffering from severe migraines, asserting that the condition is manageable with prescribed medication and will not affect her ability to serve as Commander in Chief. The issue drew attention when ABC News investigative reporter Brian Ross, who attempted to ask Bachmann questions about her migraines, was allegedly roughed up by her staff.

question:You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Q: In what district of London is Pillars of Hercules located? A: The Fitzroy Tavern is a pub situated at 16 Charlotte Street in the Fitzrovia district, to which it gives its name. Does the answer correctly answer the question

answer:The given answer does not correctly answer the question. The question is about the Pillars of Hercules location in London, not the Fitzroy Tavern. Let me provide you with the correct answer. Step 1: Identify the question is asking about the location of Pillars of Hercules in London. Step 2: Research or recall the required information. Step 3: Provide the correct answer. The Pillars of Hercules is a pub located in the Soho district of London.

question:I'm taking a test and have to guess the right answer to the question after the article. Article: The world has many beautiful sounds. We can hear the songs of birds and the laugh of people. We can listen to cool music and news reports. And it's all because of our ears! They bring us a world of sounds. But some people can't hear any sound at all. Some are born deaf. Others can hear well in their childhood, nut too many loud sounds hurt their ears later on. Many people in China can't hear ordinary sounds clearly. Lots of them are children. Most of them are born with good hearing. But six children of every 1,000 have hearing problems when they are born. And if a children has hearing problems, he or she usually will also have some learning problems at school. A lot of things can cause fearing problems, like, too much _ is not good for our hearing. And noise louder than 85 decibels can hurt our ears and make us lose our hearing for a short time or even for ever. Hearing is important for all of us. So we should do our best to give our ears special care. Don't forget to do the following: * Try to stay away from places with too much noise. If you have to go, wear earplugs. * When swimming, remember to put earplugs into your ears to stop water from getting in. * Never put anything sharp into your ears. If you think you have too much earwax, ask your parents to help you clean it out. Keep these things in mind. _ Question: Which of the following is NOT talked by the writer? Options: A: Illness and hearing problems. B: people with hearing problems. C: Ways to protect our ears. D: Danger of loud noise.

answer:A: Illness and hearing problems.

question:You are an AI assistant. User will you give you a task. Your goal is to complete the task as faithfully as you can. While performing the task think step-by-step and justify your steps. Question: Extract the answer to the following question from the movie plot. If the question isn't answerable, please output "Can't answer". Question: At Molly's funeral, Zara talks to whom? Title: The Ides of March Movie plot: Stephen Meyers (Ryan Gosling) is the junior campaign manager for Mike Morris, Governor of Pennsylvania and a Democratic presidential candidate, competing against Arkansas Senator Ted Pullman in the Democratic primary. Both campaigns are attempting to secure the endorsement of North Carolina Democratic Senator Franklin Thompson (Jeffrey Wright), who controls 356 convention delegates, enough to clinch the nomination for either candidate. After a debate at Miami University, Meyers is asked by Pullman's campaign manager, Tom Duffy (Paul Giamatti), to meet in secret. Meyers calls his boss, senior campaign manager Paul Zara (Philip Seymour Hoffman), who doesn't answer. Meyers decides to meet Duffy, who offers Meyers a position in Pullman's campaign, an offer Meyers refuses. Zara calls Meyers back and asks what was important, but Meyers says it was nothing to worry about. Meanwhile, Meyers starts a sexual relationship with Molly Stearns (Evan Rachel Wood), an attractive intern for Morris's campaign and daughter of Jack Stearns, the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. Meyers admits to an angry Zara that he met with Duffy, and that Duffy said his candidate will offer Thompson the position of Secretary of State, guaranteeing Pullman's victory. Zara and Meyers discuss the matter with Morris, saying they must make the same offer to Thompson to secure his endorsement and his delegates' votes. Morris refuses on principle, as he thoroughly disagrees with Thompson and his policies, and wants a "clean" campaign without such deals. Late one night when Molly is sleeping, Meyers discovers that Morris is trying to call her after he picks up her phone by mistake. Meyers finds out that Molly and Morris had a brief sexual liaison at a campaign stop in Iowa several weeks previously, and Molly is now pregnant by the Governor, which will cause a scandal. Molly needs 900 for an abortion, but cannot tell her father because their family are Catholics. Meyers helps her with money but warns her not to tell anybody. Meyers also... Answer:

answer:Can't answer

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