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This House believes nations of the world should increase protection of the economic and social rights of migrants.
What argument could one make about this debate topic? | Migrants ought to have a right to family reunification. | 2 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_idebate | zs_opt |
Dialogue:
Tony: hi Mark, remember ages ago you said you had a problem with your shed? what was that again?
Mark: Hi, it was slightly sinking on one side
Tony: ah we have the same I think
Mark: oh crap, that's not cool
Tony: who did you contact in the end? or did you fix it yourself?
Mark: we tried but it was too big a job so I got a garden man out to sort it
Tony: Were you happy with them?
Mark: yeah, sorted it quick enough, do you want his details?
Tony: yes please
Mark: Janice, I don't seem to have his number, do you?
Janice:
Tony: thanks both
What were the main points in that conversation? | Mark had a problem with sinking shed. Now Tony has the same problem. Janice sends a contact to a garden man who fixed it. | 5 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The junior football team likes the Dallas Cowboys because they get to watch quality football.
Who is they referring to in this sentence?
Pick from:
(a). The junior football team
(b). the Dallas Cowboys | (a). | 2 | Flan2021 | definite_pronoun_resolution:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Possible answers:
- description;
- entity;
- abbreviation;
- human;
- numeric;
- location;Would the answer to the question "What percentage of Americans own their homes ?" be an entity, an abbreviation, a description, a human, a location, or a numeric value?
| numeric | 2 | Flan2021 | trec:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
This is an email
When: Monday, January 07, 2002 1:00 PM-5:00 PM (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada). Where: ECN 2601 *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Agenda: 1) Organize USER/IT SWAT teams 2) Begin process of fleshing out test scripts Please review the attached spreadsheet for errors or omissions prior to meeting. If I have left anyone off the list, please let me know. Thank You,
What is the subject of this email? | Updated: Integration Test Team Meeting | 6 | Flan2021 | aeslc:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
In these two sentences (1) Tomorrow the doctor will take the cast off her arm. (2) Mother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eat., does the word take mean the same thing?
Pick from: -different meanings -the same meaning.... A: | the same meaning | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wic:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Description: NPR #39;s Linda Gradstein reports from the Israeli town of Sderot, a frequent target of Palestinian rocket fire from the nearby Gaza Strip.
What is a good title for this? | Israeli Town Lies in Rockets #39; Paths | 9 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-choice problem: Which of the following solutions is better for the following goal:
Make apple fruit donuts
Options are:
A). Wash and slice apples into chunks. Core the rings. Spread a mixture of 1 block of cream cheese and 1 cup powdered sugar onto the apple slices. Sprinkle with decorations such as sprinkles or chocolate chips.
B). Wash and slice apples into rings. Core the rings. Spread a mixture of 1 block of cream cheese and 1 cup powdered sugar onto the apple slices. Sprinkle with decorations such as sprinkles or chocolate chips. | B). | 6 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Read the text and determine if the sentence is true (see options at the end):
The San Diego Gulls were a professional ice hockey team in the West Coast Hockey League (WCHL) and later in the ECHL. The team, the third to use the "Gulls" nickname, was founded in 1995 immediately upon the departure of the IHL team of the same name. The Gulls played at the San Diego Sports Arena.
Sentence: The seagulls were founded in 1995
(1). Yes;
(2). It's impossible to say;
(3). No; | (1). | 6 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Select from options: How similar are the following two sentences?
Seniors would then have to pay 50 percent of their drug costs up to $3,450.
Above that, Medicare would pay 90 percent of all drug costs.
Give the answer on a scale from 0 - 5, where 0 is "not similar at all" and 5 is "means the same thing".
OPT:
- 0;
- 1;
- 2;
- 3;
- 4;
- 5; | 2 | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Please check if these have the same meaning. Pick from: a. no. b. yes.
His mortal remains were later relocated to the British cemetery in the Üsküdar district of Haydarpaşa .
His remains were later relocated to the British cemetery in the Haydarpaşa district of Üsküdar . | a. | 9 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
This House would negotiate with terrorists
What is a possible side to this debate? | Negotiation isolates those who are only interested in violence | 3 | Flan2021 | opinion_abstracts_idebate | zs_opt |
Data: Pakora, dishVariation, Paneer
Sentence about the following data: | Pakora can be varied by using paneer. | 1 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Multi-choice problem: Choose from the options at the end, and answer how do you do this: To fix a stuck SNES controller button.
OPT:
+ Try using an old toothbrush to scrub around the offending button and use the bristles to pick up dust dirt etc..
+ Try using an old nail file to scrub around the offending button and use the bristles to pick up dust dirt etc.. | Try using an old toothbrush to scrub around the offending button and use the bristles to pick up dust dirt etc. | 4 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
How does the sentence end?
(CNN) -- Ahmed Shafik was Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister. Now he hopes to become Egypt's first democratically elected president. He is running against Mohamed Morsi of the Freedom and Justice Party, the political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, in the presidential runoff election that begins Saturday. Like Mubarak, Shafik is a former air force officer with close ties to Egypt's powerful military, "the quintessential candidate of the counter-revolution," in the words of Khaled Elgindy, a visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington. Shafik, who briefly served as prime minister in the waning days of Mubarak's presidency, is one of two candidates to advance from the country's first round of presidential voting in May.
One of his many
OPTIONS:
- Ahmed Shafik videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Brookings Institution videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- CNN videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Egypt videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Facebook videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Freedom and Justice Party videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Hosni Mubarak videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Khaled Elgindy videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Mohamed Morsi videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Mubarak videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Muslim Brotherhood videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Shafik videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- Washington videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
- YouTube videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy.
| YouTube videos shows him dressed in a black T-shirt, meeting supporters and pinching the cheeks of a cute little boy. | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
What is the solution to this math problem?
Solve 3*j - 14 = -5 for j. | 3 | 5 | Flan2021 | math_dataset/algebra__linear_1d:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Which would a scientist use in trying to model the cause of planetary years?
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OPT: 1). planetary mass 2). planetary color 3). a planet's core temperature 4). a planet's distance from the Sun | 4). | 4 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
Avery: I got home. 🎉🎉 thank you for the night. xx
Brian: Well done Avery
Avery: After "loosing" 2 trains 😂😂
Maya: Those trains are well dodgy!
Daniel: Good news Avery, I hope the rest made it home ok 😂
Amber: Rachel is safely home anyway! And me too! Thanks for a fab night, as usual!
Brian: Thank you all it was an amazing birthday!!!! I'll regret fibbers tomorrow but heh! My birthday is not every day! Awesome night, love you all and thanks again!!! 😘
Amber: Never regret Fibbers Brian! It's like an Irish rite of passage! Thank you for choosing to spend your special day with us. We are the lucky ones! Hasta la vista baby!
Briefly summarize that dialogue. | Brian's birthday party was great. Everyone has returned home safely. | 0 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Identify the most salient words in this sentence:
arch bridge and moorish structure during dusk | bridge
dusk
structure | 8 | Flan2021 | gem/common_gen:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Do the following two sentences have the same meaning?
Overture 's listings are generated by more than 100,000 advertisers who bid for placement on keywords relevant to their business .
Overture generates its search listings from more than 100,000 advertisers who bid for placement on keywords relevant to their business .
Available choices:
[1]. no.
[2]. yes.
The answer is: | [2]. | 7 | Flan2021 | glue/mrpc:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Math problem: Solve -10 = 5*o - 5 for o.
What is the solution? | -1 | 6 | Flan2021 | math_dataset/algebra__linear_1d:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
20 out of 10 This is a truly wonderful story about a wartime evacuee and a curmudgeonly carpenter Tom Oakley. The boy (William Beech) is billeted with Tom and it is immediately apparent that he has serious issues when he wets his bed on the first night. William is illiterate and frightened but somehow the two find solace in each others loneliness. It transpires that William has a talent as an artist and we see Tom's talent as a choirmaster in an amusing rendition of Jerusalem. William is befriended by Zacharias Wrench, a young Jewish lad also from London and along with both Tom and Zacharias, he finally learns to read and write and to feel a part of this small close knit community. Just as he is settling down, William is recalled back to London by his mother, and it is here we see why he is so screwed up. His mother is clearly mentally sick and when Tom doesn't hear from William, he travels to London to look for him. He finally finds him holding his dead baby sister where he has been tied up in a cellar. After a period in hospital, Tom realises he must kidnap him and take him home with him. The climax is a bitter-sweet ending when William is told he is to be adopted by Tom, while at the same time, learning his best friend Zacharias has been killed in an air raid in London. For me, one of the most moving scenes was when Tom was talking to a official from the Home Office.
I love 'im, an' for what it's worth, I think he loves me too'.
It just doesn't get better that that does it?
Choose your answer. How would you describe the sentiment of this review?
(a). negative.
(b). positive. | (b). | 2 | Flan2021 | imdb_reviews/plain_text:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Ryuichi Sakamoto (Ban Ben Long Yi , Sakamoto Ryuichi, born January 17, 1952) (Japanese pronunciation: [sakamoto rjW:itci]) is a Japanese musician, singer, composer, record producer, activist, writer, actor and dancer, based in Tokyo and New York. He began his career while at university in the 1970s, as a session musician, producer, and arranger.
Sakamoto's production credits represent a prolific career in this role. In 1983, he produced Mari Iijima's debut album Rose, the same year that the Yellow Magic Orchestra was disbanded. Sakamoto subsequently worked with artists such as Thomas Dolby; Aztec Camera, on the Dreamland (1993) album; and Imai Miki, co-producing her 1994 album A Place In The Sun. Roddy Frame, who worked with Sakamoto as a member of Aztec Camera, explained in a 1993 interview preceding the release of Dreamland that he had had to wait a lengthy period of time before he was able to work with Sakamoto, who wrote two soundtracks, a solo album and the music for the opening ceremony at the Barcelona Olympics, prior to working with Frame over four weeks in a New York studio. Frame said that he was impressed by the work of YMO and the Merry Christmas Mr Lawrence soundtrack, explaining: "That's where you realise that the atmosphere around his compositions is actually in the writing - it's got nothing to do with synthesisers." Frame's decision to ask Sakamoto was finalized after he saw his performance at the Japan Festival that was held in London, United Kingdom. Of his experience recording with Sakamoto, Frame said: He's got this reputation as a boffin, a professor of music who sits in front of a computer screen. But he's more intuitive than that, and he's always trying to corrupt what he knows. Halfway through the day in the studio, he will stop and play some hip hop or some house for 10 minutes, and then go back to what he was doing. He's always trying to trip himself up like that, and to discover new things. Just before we worked together he'd been out in Borneo, I think, with a DAT machine, looking for new sounds.
Using a quote from the above article, answer the following question: Why does he take that break and play hip hop? | minutes, and then go back to what he was doing. He's always trying to trip himself up like that, and to discover new things. | 1 | Flan2021 | quac:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate "4. Como profiláctica con fines cosméticos:" from Spanish to English. | 4. Uses as prophylaxis in cosmetics | 5 | Flan2021 | para_crawl_enes | zs_opt |
David Tench Tonight was a short-lived television talk show created for Network Ten in Australia. The series featured David Tench, an animated fictional character, as host. The name "Tench" is a partial anagram created from the name Channel Ten. The actor behind the digital Tench was Australian actor Drew Forsythe.
Can we draw the following conclusion?
David Tench Tonight was on Network Ten
Select from the following. - Yes - It's impossible to say - No | Yes | 2 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a positive tweet. Possible tweet types: Possible answers: [-] negative; [-] positive; | @mylivetweets Thanks for the info! | 8 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a context and a hypothesis. | Context: The dam covering what used to be its football pitch fill up with millions of tons of poisonous mining waste.
Hypothesis: Mine waste-water poses an environmental hazard. | 9 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Generate a descriptive sentence about a restaurant using the following words:
name = Loch Fyne, eatType = restaurant, priceRange = moderate
Sentence: | The Loch Fyne is a moderately-priced restaurant in Cambridge that serves sushi and seafood. | 9 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
What is the title of this article:
Aristotle noted that cranes traveled from the steppes of Scythia to marshes at the headwaters of the Nile. Pliny the Elder, in his Historia Naturalis, repeats Aristotle's observations.
Title: | Bird migration | 9 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Czech:
Doug, bite his ass.
Czech: | Dougu, kousni ho do prdele. Hej! | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a subject line for this message:
Please set up the following agency agreements on Transco pipeline; Pipeline Transco Counterparty Kerr-McGee Corporation (see deal 141117) Agent Enron North America Contract 1.8766 Rate Sched IT Term: 1/1/2000 - 1/31/2000 Evergreen Comment: ENA is the nominating agent. All invoices go to Kerr_McGee. Pipeline Transco Counterparty Case-Pomeroy Oil Corporation (see deal 143256) Agent Enron North America Contract .6187 Rate Sched IT Term: 1/1/2000 - 1/31/2000 Evergreen Comment: ENA is the nominating agent. All invoices go to Case.
Subject Line: | Transco Agency agreements | 1 | Flan2021 | aeslc:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Czech:
"What did this book say?"
Czech: | Kahlan to myslela upřímně. | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sie bleiben im System, wobei die Notwendigkeit besteht, dies für die nächste Reform noch zu überarbeiten und größere Schritte zu machen.
Could you please translate this to English? | They remain within the system, without changing the need to review the system for the next reform and take even more audacious action. | 2 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/de-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Q: when was the term leave no trace created? A: | in the 1960s and 1970s | 9 | Flan2021 | natural_questions_open:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Choose from options: Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below:
Viru is licenced in the UK.
Viru is a 5.0% ABV pilsner-style beer brewed in Estonia. It is brewed in the country's second largest city, Tartu, by the A. Le Coq brewery. The brand is owned by Baltic Beer Company Ltd (formerly Brand Independence Ltd), based in London, UK, and is brewed under licence in Estonia. A. Le Coq is the second largest brewery in Estonia, with a market share of 36.8% in 2005.
OPT:
a). Yes;
b). It's impossible to say;
c). No; | a). | 8 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Answer based on context:
The Vikings' twelfth game was an interconference duel with the Bills inside their dome and the first home game for interim head coach Leslie Frazier. On their first series, QB Brett Favre attempted a pass, but he was hit from behind and was intercepted by Bills CB Drayton Florence. Favre was slow to get up afterwards and he was able to walk off the field on his own power, but did not return to the game, citing a shoulder injury (later revealed to be a sprain in his throwing shoulder). At 297 consecutive starts over 19 seasons, this injury would put an end to Favre's all-time NFL consecutive start streak. In his place, backup QB Tarvaris Jackson took over for the rest of the game. They got off to a bad start after Jackson's pass was intercepted by CB Drayton Florence and returned 40 yards for a touchdown. They overcame this deficit with Jackson getting a 31-yard TD pass to WR Sidney Rice. It was originally ruled an interception, but Frazier challenged the play and the officials sided with the Vikings, saying that Rice had two hands on the ball, resulting in a touchdown. It was followed in the second quarter by RB Adrian Peterson getting a 2-yard and a 3-yard TD run. Then Jackson found Rice again on a 6-yard TD pass, followed by kicker Ryan Longwell nailing a 38-yard field goal. They continued to dominate in the fourth quarter when Peterson ran 43 yards to the end zone for a touchdown. The Bills responded with QB Ryan Fitzpatrick getting a 12-yard TD pass to TE David Nelson. However, the Bills were unable to overcome such a large deficit and couldn't come up with another come-from-behind victory.
How many times did Jackson find Rice? | 2 | 0 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
When I was six years old my father took me out for dinner . My mother and sister were away visiting my grandparents , so Daddy wanted to do something special with me . It had been an impromptu trip because my grandfather took ill . Paige was young enough that missing school was n't a big deal for her . I could have missed school as well , but I was doing a play at the time .
Question with options to choose from: What may have happened during the time my mother and sister were away ?
Pick your answer from:
(I). My father and I went to a restaurant as a treat for me .
(II). My mom and I went out to dinner while my sister stayed home .
(III). None of the above choices .
(IV). My dad let me cook dinner just like my mother does . | (I). | 0 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Please answer this question: Jill Munroe, Kelly Garrett, and Sabrina Duncan, along John Bosley were found on what late 1970s TV series? | charlie s angels | 0 | Flan2021 | trivia_qa/rc:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a summary based on this article:
Image copyright NASA Image caption Astronauts Luca Parmitano and Michael Hopkins research vision changes on the International Space Station
Scientists might have found the root cause of vision problems that affect some astronauts.
Some spacefarers who stay in orbit for long periods develop blurry vision along with a suite of physical changes.
Now, a team of researchers says that the syndrome might be related to changes in the clear fluid which surrounds the brain and spinal cord.
The results from a small sample have been presented at a scientific meeting in Chicago, US.
Over the last decade, flight surgeons and scientists at Nasa have seen a pattern of vision problems in astronauts on long-duration space missions.
The syndrome, known as visual impairment intracranial pressure (VIIP), has been reported in nearly two-thirds of space explorers after long periods spent aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
"People initially didn't know what to make of it, and by 2010 there was growing concern as it became apparent that some of the astronauts had severe structural changes that were not fully reversible upon return to Earth," said lead author Noam Alperin, from the University of Miami.
Confused by space
In addition to blurry vision, the astronauts exhibited flattening at the back of their eyeballs and inflammation at the head of the optic nerve.
One idea is that the changes have been largely due to shifts in fluid occupying the body's vascular spaces. This moves towards the upper body when astronauts spend time in space.
But Prof Alperin has been looking at another potential source of the problems - the cerebrospinal fluid. This helps cushion the brain and spinal cord, and can accommodate the changes when a person moves from a lying to a standing position.
"In space the system is confused by the lack of the posture-related pressure changes," Prof Alperin explained.
The team performed high-resolution MRI scans before and shortly after spaceflights for seven long-duration astronauts.
They compared the results with nine astronauts who flew into orbit for short stints on the space shuttle.
'Irreversible' damage
The results showed that long-duration astronauts had significantly greater post-flight increases in the volume of CSF within the bony cavity of the skull that holds the eye, and also in the volume of CSF in the cavities of the brain where the fluid is produced.
The sample size is small, and the results have not yet appeared in a peer-reviewed journal. But Prof Alperin says the research points to a "primary and direct role of the CSF in the globe deformations seen in astronauts with visual impairment syndrome".
"If the ocular structural deformations are not identified early, astronauts could suffer irreversible damage," he said, "as the eye globe becomes more flattened, the astronauts become hyperopic, or far-sighted."
Prof Alperin has received a $600,000 grant from Nasa to study the condition.
He outlined the findings at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) in Chicago. ||||| For years now, NASA has been puzzled by a mysterious effect of extended space flight: vision damage. Many, though not all, astronauts who have been in space for months at a time experienced their vision slowly degrading, and post-flight inspection revealed that the back of their eyeballs had been squished down and flattened over the course of their trip.
But new research presented this week provides a partial answer to what’s causing this condition: pressurized spinal fluid. Noam Alperin, a researcher at the University of Miami’s Evelyn F. McKnight Brain Institute, presented findings from research he and his peers conducted on 16 astronauts, measuring the volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in their heads before and after spaceflight. CSF floats around the brain and spine, cushioning it and protecting your brain as you move, such as when you stand up after lying down.
Alperin and his team found that astronauts who had been in space for extended trips (about six months) had much higher build up of CSF in the socket around the eye than astronauts who had only gone on short stints (about two weeks). They also designed a new imaging technique to measure exactly how “flat” the astronauts eyeballs had become after extended periods in space.
The idea is that, without the assistance of gravity, the fluid isn’t pulled down and evenly distributed, allowing it to pool in the eye cavity and build up pressure, which slowly starts to warp the eye and cause the vision damage, called visual impairment intracranial pressure syndrome (VIIP). It’s likely some people are more predisposed to this than others, perhaps due to the shape of their skulls, which would explain why some astronauts have not experienced VIIP. But Alperin said his findings suggest anybody could get VIIP if they’re in space for a long enough period of time.
“We saw structural changes in the eye globe only in the long-duration group,” Alperin told me over the phone. “And these changes were associated with increased volumes of the CSF. Our conclusion was that the CSF was playing a major role in the formation of the problem.”
The results have not been published in a peer-reviewed journal, but Alperin told me the manuscript was recently accepted and will be published shortly. And these reported findings align with what scientists already suspected about the condition, according to Scott M. Smith, the manager of NASA’s Nutritional Biochemistry Laboratory at the Johnson Space Center, who’s been studying the vision loss issue for the last six years.
“I think this fits very well within what others seem to be thinking at the moment,” Smith told me.
Many astronauts—though, importantly, not all—have experienced this unexplained reduction in eyesight after spending months on the International Space Station, some dropping from perfect 20/20 vision to 20/100 in just six months. Researchers have been gravely concerned about this effect. With plans to send humans to Mars by the 2030s, a mission that would require nine months of space flight one way, we don’t really want to risk all of our astronauts going blind in the process.
“NASA ranks human health risks and the two top risks are radiation and vision issues,” Smith said. “Is it number one or two? Some people would say it’s number one, because we don’t really know what the long-term implications are.”
But the better we understand how VIIP occurs, the more likely we are to be able to create a solution. Smith’s team is currently conducting a clinical trial to investigate whether polycystic ovarian syndrome—which, despite its name, may indeed occur in men—could have similar effects on vision. This research could help explain who is more likely to experience VIIP, as research like Alperin’s explores the physical functions of the condition.
What a solution to the condition will look like depends what else we learn: it could be a medication, or a mechanical device to help redistribute fluid, or something else entirely. But each piece to the puzzle helps us get one step closer to sending humans to Mars, and not blinding them in the process. ||||| The ability to take part in long-term space missions is a rare privilege, usually enjoyed by only a handful of men and women within every generation. But that privilege comes with a pretty high price. In addition to all the hard work, training, and sacrifice that is needed to go into space, there are also the health effects of spending prolonged periods in a microgravity environment.
Until recently, the most well-document of these effects were muscle degeneration and loss of bone density. But thanks to a new study released by the Radiological Society of America, it is now understood how microgravity can impair eyesight. This is certainly good news for ISS crews, not to mention the astronauts who will be taking part in long-range missions to Mars and beyond in the near future.
For years, NASA and other space agencies have been seeking to understand how time in space can adversely affect eyesight. Nearly two-thirds of astronauts who have taken part in long-duration missions aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have been diagnosed with Visual Impairment Intracranial Pressure (VIIP) syndrome. Symptoms include blurred vision, flattening at the back of eyeballs, and inflammation of the head of the optic nerves.
Previously, scientists believed that the primary source of VIIP was a shift of vascular fluid toward the upper body that takes place when astronauts spend time in the microgravity of space. But thanks to the new study, which was led by Dr. Noam Alperin and his team of researchers from the University of Miami, the cause of the syndrome has been properly diagnosed.
Dr. Alperin is a professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami and the lead author of the study. According to the study he and his colleagues produced – which was presented on Monday, Nov. 28th, at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America in Chicago – the culprit is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).
This clear fluid is chiefly responsible for cushioning the brain and spinal cord, circulating nutrients and removing waste materials. At the same time, the CSF system is designed to accommodate significant changes in hydrostatic pressures, like when a person goes from lying down or sitting to a standing position. However, this system evolved within Earth’s own gravity environment, and exposing it to microgravity presents unique challenges.
As Dr. Alperin explained in a RSNA press statement, which coincided with the annual meeting:
“People initially didn’t know what to make of it, and by 2010 there was growing concern as it became apparent that some of the astronauts had severe structural changes that were not fully reversible upon return to Earth. On earth, the CSF system is built to accommodate these pressure changes, but in space the system is confused by the lack of the posture-related pressure changes.”
To arrive at this conclusion, Dr. Alperin and his colleague performed a series of before and after MRI scans on seven astronauts who took part in long-duration missions aboard the ISS. The results were compared against nine astronauts who took part in short-duration missions aboard the now-retired Space Shuttle. With the help of some special imaging algorithms, they looked for correlations between changes in CSF volumes and VIIP.
The results of their study Their study, titled “Role of Cerebrospinal Fluid in Spaceflight-Induced Visual Impairment and Ocular Changes“, showed that astronauts who participated in long-duration missions experienced a comparably higher flattening of their eyeballs and protrusions in their optic nerves. These astronauts also had significantly higher post-flight increases in CSF around their optic nerves and in the cavities of the brain where CSF is produced.
This study is both timely and significant, given the growing important of long-duration space missions. At present, it is expected that operations aboard the ISS will last for another decade. One of the most important activities there will be the study of the long-term effects of microgravity on human physiology, which will be intrinsic to preparing astronauts for missions to Mars and other long-range destinations.
In short, identifying the origin of the space-induced ocular changes will help NASA and other space agencies to develop the proper countermeasures to protect the crew from potentially harmful changes to their eyesight. It will also come in handy for private space ventures that are hoping to send human beings on one-way trips to locations where the gravity is lower than on Earth (i.e. the Moon and Mars).
“The research provides, for the first time, quantitative evidence obtained from short- and long-duration astronauts pointing to the primary and direct role of the CSF in the globe deformations seen in astronauts with visual impairment syndrome,” said Alperin. If the ocular structural deformations are not identified early, astronauts could suffer irreversible damage. As the eye globe becomes more flattened, the astronauts become hyperopic, or far-sighted.”
As the old saying goes, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure”. In addition to having regiments that will help maintain their musculature and bone density, astronauts taking part in long-term missions in the future will also likely need to undergo treatments to ensure their eyesight doesn’t suffer.
Further Reading: RSNA ||||| NASA is currently studying ways to counteract eye problems, as the US space agency works toward sending people on months or years-long missions to Mars by the 2030s Astronauts may experience blurry vision and impaired eyesight after long spaceflights due to changes in spinal fluid that occur while in microgravity, researchers said Monday.
Nearly two-thirds of astronauts have reported problems with their eyes after spending months at the International Space Station, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
According to lead researcher Noam Alperin, professor of radiology and biomedical engineering at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, "some of the astronauts had severe structural changes that were not fully reversible upon return to Earth."
The problems includes flattening at the back of their eyeballs and inflamed optic nerves, which can lead to far-sightedness.
Researchers initially thought that the problems were due to changes in the way blood is distributed in the body in microgravity, with more fluid lingering around the head area than would be typical on Earth where gravity pulls it downward.
Alperin and colleagues studied before and after brain scans on seven astronauts who had spent multiple months at the orbiting space station, and compared them to nine astronauts who made short trips up and back aboard the US space shuttle, which was retired in 2011.
They found that long-duration astronauts had significantly more cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the brain.
This fluid typically helps cushion the brain and spinal cord while circulating nutrients and removing waste materials.
On Earth, this spinal fluid system is designed to accommodate changes whether a person is sitting, standing or lying down. But in space, "the system is confused by the lack of the posture-related pressure changes," Alperin said.
Longterm space flyers also had "significantly increased post-flight flattening of their eyeballs and increased optic nerve protrusion," said the findings.
Alperin said the research offers the first quantitative evidence cerebral spinal fluid plays a direct role in visual impairment syndrome.
NASA is currently studying ways to counteract these eye problems, as the US space agency works toward sending people on months or years-long missions to Mars by the 2030s.
Retired NASA astronaut Clayton Anderson said he did not experience any problems with vision after his five month stint in space in 2007.
"It appears—from additional NASA studies performed at Johnson Space Center in Houston—that I have a special protein sailing through my body, that does not allow this phenomenon to occur," Anderson wrote on quora.com.
"Protein question still being researched, I believe," he added on Twitter.
Explore further: Study finds cause of visual impairment in astronauts |||||
Summary: | – One serious drawback for astronauts who spend long periods in space is that they often return to Earth with degraded vision, and a new study may have pinpointed the problem. It's a buildup of spinal fluid around the eyes, say researchers from the University of Miami. This cerebrospinal fluid is the stuff that cushions the brain and keeps it safe when we move around, but the lack of gravity in space seems to throw it out of whack, reports the BBC. Instead of being evenly distributed, it tends to pool around the eye cavities and exert pressure on the eyeballs, flattening them, explains Vice. Most astronauts who spend months in space end up with blurrier vision, and the condition isn't always reversible, notes a post at Phys.org. "We saw structural changes in the eye globe only in the long-duration group," says lead author Noam Alperin. "And these changes were associated with increased volumes of the CSF. Our conclusion was that the CSF was playing a major role in the formation of the problem." The findings, presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America, are the first concrete evidence that CSF is the culprit, and they could help NASA figure out how to remedy the problem. A larger study is now in the works, but this first one is "timely and significant," given the push toward longer-duration missions, adds a post at Universe Today. (Check out some "weird music" from the dark side of the moon.) | 1 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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The educational system of Myanmar is operated by the government agency, the Ministry of Education. The education system is based on the United Kingdom's system due to nearly a century of British and Christian presences in Myanmar. Nearly all schools are government-operated, but there has been a recent increase in privately funded English language schools. Schooling is compulsory until the end of elementary school, approximately about 9 years old, while the compulsory schooling age is 15 or 16 at international level.
Title: | Myanmar | 9 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
5,131,666 (25.2%) of the population were aged 14 or under whilst 2,525,573 (12.4%) were aged 60 or over, leaving a working age (15-59) population of 12,702,700. The dependency ratio was 60.2%. The mean age was 32 years and the median age was 31 years. The sex ratio was 94 males per 100 females. The fertility rate for married females aged 15 or over was 2.65 live births. There were 5,264,282 households of which 3,986,236 (75.7%) were headed by males and 1,278,046 (24.3%) were headed by females.
Ask a question about this article. | How many percent of households were not headed by a female? | 9 | Flan2021 | drop:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
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By Associated Press Reporter Incredible pictures show the dramatic moment rescuers met a deputy sheriff off who spent 45-minutes bravely battling choppy seas to keep a teenage surfer's head above water and pulled the two to safety. Deputy Terry Brown kept the 14-year-old boy identified only as Joshua afloat off Southern Oregon's coast after he got caught in a rip current on Monday and the two are now recovering from hypothermia at Sutter Coast Hospital. The teen was in only around three-feet of water at Harris Beach, north of Brookings when he got pulled out by the current and was kept alive for nearly an hour by Brown until help arrived.
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| Brown swam out to the boy, grabbed a hold of him and kept him afloat,' Ward said. | 5 | Flan2021 | super_glue/record:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Produce a long descriptive sentence that uses all these words: Uruguay, leader, Tabaré Vázquez; Uruguay, leader, Raúl Fernando Sendic Rodríguez; Alfredo Zitarrosa, deathPlace, Montevideo; Montevideo, country, Uruguay; Uruguay, currency, Uruguayan peso.
Sentence: | Montevideo, Uruguay is led by Raul Fernando Sendic Rodriguez and Tabare Vazquez, its currency is the peso. The final resting place of Alfredo Zitarrosa is Montevideo. | 6 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
The Alma-Ata Protocol also addressed other issues, including UN membership. Notably, Russia was authorized to assume the Soviet Union's UN membership, including its permanent seat on the Security Council. The Soviet Ambassador to the UN delivered a letter signed by Russian President Yeltsin to the UN Secretary-General dated December 24, 1991, informing him that by virtue of the Alma-Ata Protocol, Russia was the successor state to the USSR. After being circulated among the other UN member states, with no objection raised, the statement was declared accepted on the last day of the year, December 31, 1991.
What was the date on the Yeltsin letter? | December 24, 1991 | 2 | Flan2021 | squad/v1.1:3.0.0 | zs_opt |
Habsburg ailesi Romanya'daki Bran Şatosu'nun iyeliğini devraldı.
Translate this to English? | The Habsburg family assumes ownership of Romania's Bran Castle. | 3 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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CLOSE Donald Trump made headlines during the first Republican presidential debate for his comments about women, his opponents and politicians in general.
In this July 23, 2015, photo, Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump speaks during a brief stop at a campaign event in Laredo, Texas. During Thursday's GOP debate, Trump targeted Rosie O'Donnell yet again. (Photo: Darren Abate, AP)
Donald Trump may have called American leadership weak during Thursday's GOP debate on Fox News, but there's one non-political personality he unapologetically slammed on stage to applause from the audience: comedian Rosie O'Donnell.
Asking about Trump's often-disparaging comments toward women -- especially via Twitter -- moderator Megyn Kelly asked the candidate-businessman, "You've called women fat pigs, dogs, slobs, disgusting animals. Your Twitter account has several --"
Trump, who is currently leading in Republican polls, raised his finger with a smirk to interrupt Kelly: "Only Rosie O'Donnell."
Trump went on to say he, and the U.S., does not have time for "total political correctness," and many of his comments online are meant to be "fun" and "a good time."
Minutes later, O'Donnell appeared to respond to Trump on Twitter, writing, "try explaining that 2 ur kids."
try explaining that 2 ur kids — ROSIE (@Rosie) August 7, 2015
This is not nearly the beginning of the Trump-O'Donnell feud.
In 2006, O'Donnell referred to Trump as a "snake-oil salesman" for deciding not to fire Miss USA Tara Connor. As a response, Trump referred to O'Donnell as "nice fat little Rosie" and a "dummy."
"She's an extremely unattractive person who doesn't understand the truth. ... I think she's a terrible person ... She has failed at everything she has done... She's a bully and she sucker punches people," he said on Larry King Live at the time.
"Probably the Trump stuff was the most bullying I ever experienced in my life, including as a child," O'Donnell told People in 2014. "It was national, and it was sanctioned societally. Whether I deserved it is up to your own interpretation."
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Rosie O’Donnell responded to Donald Trump calling her out at the first Republican primary debate on Thursday night.
“Try explaining that (to your) kids,” she tweeted.
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During the debate, moderator Megyn Kelly called Trump out for making offensive comments about women.
“You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals. Your Twitter account,” Kelly said before Trump interrupted.
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“For the record, it was well beyond Rosie O’Donnell,” Kelly said.
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What is a shorter version of the above article? | – Rosie O'Donnell got a mention in tonight's Republican debate—in the form of an insult by Donald Trump. When Fox's Megyn Kelly told Trump, “You’ve called women you don’t like fat pigs, dogs, slobs and disgusting animals," he interrupted her to say, "Only Rosie O’Donnell," reports Politico. Kelly added that "it was well beyond Rosie O’Donnell,” and O'Donnell herself apparently got wind of the exchange. "Try explaining that 2 ur kids," she tweeted minutes later. The two have been feuding for years, notes USA Today. | 5 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Generate a context and a hypothesis. | Context: A Moment to Remember (; lit. "Eraser in My Head") is a 2004 South Korean film based on the 2001 Japanese television drama "Pure Soul". It stars Son Ye-jin and Jung Woo-sung and follows the theme of discovery in a relationship and the burdens of loss caused by Alzheimer's disease.
Hypothesis: A Moment to Remember won awards. | 9 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
One effect of ocean pollution is that it can reduce populations of phytoplankton and algae. The reduction of these populations might have which impact on an ecosystem?
Choose from:
-decreasing the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere
-decreasing the amount of oxygen being produced
-increasing the amount of marine sediments
-increasing salt-water fish populations | decreasing the amount of oxygen being produced | 0 | Flan2021 | ai2_arc/ARC-Challenge:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate the following sentence to Turkish:
They are mainly responsible.
Turkish: | Temel sorumlu onlar. | 5 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/tr-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a short summary for this text: play resumed after a two-hour break due to rain on the opening day of the first test between sri lanka and bangladesh at the saravanamuttu stadium here on sunday .
Summary: | play resumes in colombo test | 0 | Flan2021 | gigaword:1.2.0 | zs_opt |
what is file extension fpi?
How would the previous sentence be correctly capitalized? | What is File Extension FPI? | 2 | Flan2021 | true_case | zs_opt |
How is "This is disadvantageous not only to people working illegally, but also to countries' finances." said in Finnish? | Tämä aiheuttaa haittaa sekä pimeää työtä tekeville että maiden taloudelle. | 6 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/fi-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Determine if the sentence is true based on the text below. Choose from options.
New England Patriots is the name of a fast food chain.
With a 38-35 victory over the New York Giants at Giants Stadium Saturday night, the New England Patriots became the second team in the modern era of the National Football League to go undefeated (16-0) in the regular season. The only other team to have achieved this feat was the Miami Dolphins in 1972, who were 14-0 due to a different regular season structure at the time.
Choose your answer from: 1. yes 2. no | 2. | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Generate an approximately fifteen-word sentence that describes all this data: Poland, ethnicGroup, Romani people; Poland, language, Polish language; Adam Koc, nationality, Poland.
Sentence: | The Romani people are an ethnic group in Poland, where Polish is the language. Adam Koc is of Polish nationality. | 7 | Flan2021 | gem/web_nlg_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
The Tito Puente Amphitheatre (or Anfiteatro Tito Puente in Spanish) is a concert amphitheater in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is named after the late mambo musician and percussionist Tito Puente. It was previously named "Luis Muñoz Marín Amphitheatre" (or Anfiteatro Luis Muñoz Marín")
Choose your answer: based on the paragraph above can we conclude that "The Tito Puente Amphitheatre is very famous."?
Choose your answer from:
a). Yes.
b). It's impossible to say.
c). No.
I think the answer is | b). | 0 | Flan2021 | anli/r1:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Every level , from the national and global , to the individual and local , has its own , essential function in a globalised world .
Every level , from the national and global level to individual and local level , has its own essential function in a globalised world .
Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
Choices: [I] no. [II] yes. | [II] | 1 | Flan2021 | paws_wiki:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Here is a premise: "a girl is playing a carnival game"
Here is a hypothesis: "The boys are sitting in the car."
.Does the premise tell us whether the hypothesis is true?
Choose from:
(1). yes.
(2). it is not possible to tell.
(3). no. | (3). | 6 | Flan2021 | snli:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Write a sentence about a restaurant with all the following attributes: name = Bibimbap House, food = Chinese, area = riverside, near = Clare Hall
Sentence: | Near Clare Hall, in the riverside area, is Bibimbap House which sells Chinese food in the £20-£25 price range | 6 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Sheep Challenge Evolution A species of sheep lives on the Scottish island of Hirta. Hirta has plenty of grass for the sheep to eat, and no natural predators of the sheep live on the island. Some sheep have dark wool, and some have light wool. The sheep with dark wool tend to be much larger and stronger than the sheep with light wool. However, researchers have found that in the last 20 years, the sheep with light wool have increased in number. Usually, strength and size help animals survive and breed. On Hirta, sheep with light wool outnumber sheep with dark wool because sheep with light wool
Select from: (a). produce more wool; (b). have a more restricted diet; (c). produce fewer offspring each year; (d). have a better chance of surviving and reproducing;
| (d). | 8 | Flan2021 | unified_qa_science_inst | zs_opt |
the first technological breakthrough came with the creation of internally stored programs.
Capitalize this past sentence correctly. | The first technological breakthrough came with the creation of internally stored programs. | 3 | Flan2021 | true_case | zs_opt |
@QueenKika Blog: http://bit.ly/dcuMQ ...kid, Thorne, boy, 3.
Select your answer from the options. What is the sentiment of this tweet?
Options are: [+] negative. [+] positive....I think the answer is | positive | 0 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Review:
farts , urine , feces , semen
Is this movie review sentence negative or positive?
OPTIONS: [+] negative [+] positive
The answer is: | negative | 0 | Flan2021 | glue/sst2:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Can you generate a question with a factual answer? | What was the life expectancy in 2009? | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
What is the best way to: How do I prep the valve cover of my engine to paint it?
Pick from: [i] Start by taking the valve cover off the engine. After it is off, spray the cover with spray paint, covering the whole surface.Wait a few minutes, then rinse with a garden hose.Then take a grill brush and start scrubbing away any paint left on the cover. Rinse & repeat.. [ii] Start by taking the valve cover off the engine. After it is off, spray the cover with paint stripper, covering the whole surface.Wait a few minutes, then rinse with a garden hose.Then take a grill brush and start scrubbing away any paint left on the cover. Rinse & repeat..
Answer: | [ii] | 5 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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Washington (CNN) - They want her fired and the health care reforms she champions dismantled, Wednesday Republicans got their chance to question Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius over the rocky rollout of the Obamacare website, as she testified before a House Energy and Commerce Committee.
12:36 p.m. ET: The hearing ends
Hearing length: 3 hours 33 minutes.
Members of Congress who asked questions: 51.
When Sebelius apologized for the HealthCare.gov problems: a few minutes into the hearing, during her opening statement.
Number of members who referenced the Wizard of Oz: Three. (Sebelius is from Kansas.)
Most frequent topics:
- – The President’s past assertion that “if you like your plan, you can keep your plan” and news that after 2010 some plans have been cancelled.
- – Whether the individual mandate should be delayed given the website problems and the delay in the employer mandate.
- – Who is to blame for: a) the lack of adequate testing (Answer: no one specific was named), b) the decision to make individuals register before they could browse plans (Answer: Michelle Snyder of CMS) c) the decision to launch the website when it wasn’t ready (Answer: Sebelius said she told the president the site was ready, based on staff guidance. She stressed that no one predicted the avalanche of problems that happened)
12:35 p.m. ET
After a sharp exchange with a Republican Congressman, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday she would "gladly join" the new health insurance exchange under Obamacare if she didn't have affordable coverage under the federal program for government officials.
12:32 p.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said on Wednesday the decision to require people to sign up on the Obamacare website before they could shop for rates was "wrong." Outside contractors have said a change in plans shortly before the botched October 1 launch of the website prevented people from "window-shopping" without signing up, increasing the initial volume that officials cite as the main cause of the online problems. Sebelius said the decision to make the change came from Marilyn Tavenner, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in her department.
12:31 p.m. ET
To the best of your knowledge, has a man ever given birth to a baby? As the hearing moved toward its end, Rep. Renee Ellmers, R-North Carolina, asked Secretary Sebelius that question, aiming to highlight that some men may be forced to buy maternity coverage as part of an insurance package under Obamacare. Sebelius responded that some men do need maternity coverage for their spouse and family, who could be covered under their policy. Ellmers insisted this is an example of why health care costs are going up, insurance coverage that may not be necessary for everyone.
12:18 p.m. ET
By the way: While Sebelius was still getting grilled at the hearing, Roger Daltrey, lead singer of the legendary band “The Who,” was performing at an unveiling of a Winston Churchill bust in the Capitol Rotunda singing “Stand by Me” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”
12:04 p.m. ET
A member of Congress has sparked some applause. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colorado, blasted HHS Secretary Sebelius for not getting her own health care through the exchanges set up by Obamacare. Sebelius explained that by law she receives the Federal Health Employee Benefits plan, which includes most federal workers. Gardner held up a letter that he said was a cancellation notice for his family's police and as he continued to ask Sebelius why she herself wasn't in the exchange, some scattered but noticeable claps came from the crowded hearing room.
12:03 p.m.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that she told President Barack Obama the website for his signature health care reforms was "ready to go" for its October 1 launch, adding: "Clearly, I was wrong. We were wrong."
11:57 a.m. ET
An internal government memo obtained by CNN and written just days before the Obamacare open enrollment warned of a "high" security risk due to a lack of testing of the healthcare.gov website. "Due to system readiness issues, the (Security Control Assessment) SCA was only partly completed," according to the memo from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. "This constitutes a risk that must be accepted and mitigated to support the Marketplace Day 1 operations."
11:56 a.m. ET
Rep. John Barrow, D-Georgia, is highly critical of and has repeatedly voted to limit Obamacare. He's a Blue Dog Democrat.
11:43 a.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius urged members of Congress on Wednesday to help inform their constituents about Obamacare, calling on them to raise awareness of available federal subsidies and make clear that people don't have to stay with the same company because they now have choice.
11:37 a.m. ET
Bad luck for the junior Congressmen on the committee. In an attempt to end the hearing on time, Committee Chair Fred Upton just announced that members will be now limited to two minutes of questioning each.
11:31 a.m. ET
A question about President Barack Obama sparked a seeming verbal exasperation from Secretary Sebelius. Rep. Greg Harper, R-Mississippi, repeatedly asked if Obama, as the chief executive, is responsible for the problems with HealthCare.gov. Sebelius demurred, insisting the website rollout was her responsibility. But on one final try, Harper stipulated, "it is the President's ultimate responsibility, is it not." She searched for words, saying, "you clearly ..." then added a rare "whatever." She concluded, "He is the President of the United States."
11:26 a.m. ET
Time check. A spokesman for the House Energy and Commerce Committee tells CNN that about 15 more members are waiting to ask questions of Secretary Sebelius. At five minutes each, that would take well over an hour. The spokesman says initially the Secretary had asked to leave by noon, but the committee may ask her to stay longer.
11:19 a.m. ET
Who's the man with the mustache and red tie behind Sebelius? That's Mike Hash, who leads the HHS office of Health Reform. He is a key coordinator of policy between the White House and HHS and is a go-to briefer when Congress wants Obamacare answers. Off camera, Hash has passed a few notes to Sebelius during the hearing. He also has a resume line that may be a bonus today: he used to work as a staff member for this committee.
11:03 a.m. ET
House Speaker John Boehner's office just sent out an e-mail questioning and making hay out of Sebelius' comment (at about 10:05 a ET) that "the website has never crashed". The e-mail includes a screen shot of the HealthCare.gov error message this morning.
11:00 a.m. ET
Because of the flawed launch of the Obamacare website, the administration expects the figure for initial enrollment "will be a very small number," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House committee hearing Wednesday.
10:55 a.m. ET
Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Texas, just mentioned a CNN.com story about the HealthCare.gov website being vulnerable to hackers. Since we are CNN.com, here's a handy link.
10:47 a.m. ET
About an hour and a half into the hearing, Rep. G.K. Butterfield, D-North Carolina, became the 20th committee member, out of a possible 54 members who can participate, to ask questions of Sebelius.
10:46 a.m. ET
The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee accused Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of putting private information of Americans at risk by failing to properly test security measures in the troubled Obamacare website."This is a completely unacceptable level of security," said Republican Rep. Mike Rogers of Michigan at a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, adding that if the website is not functioning, "you know it's not secure." Sebelius said testing occurs regularly, but told Rogers she would get back to him on whether any end-to-end security test of the entire system has ever occurred. Rogers responded that he knows there have been no such comprehensive security tests.
Sebelius dishonesty in testimony this morning exceeds anything president Nixon was accused of. The Obama team cant tell truth and survive—
Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) October 30, 2013
10:37 a.m. ET
States running their own Obamacare health insurance exchanges instead of turning them over to the federal government are "doing well," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a congressional committee Wednesday."Everything we hear is that they see the same demand, they are eager to enroll folks, and that is going smoothly."
10:29 a.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that no "reliable, confirmed" information exists on how many people have signed up for Obamacare health coverage, rejecting a request from a Republican congressman that she allow insurance companies to release their figures. Sebelius reiterated earlier statements that figures on initial enrollment will be made public in mid-November.
10:26 a.m. ET
The outside contractors that built the troubled Obamacare website never recommended delaying the October 1 launch, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House committee Wednesday. Her comments came in response to questions about an August report by one of the companies that cited problems.
10:21 a.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House committee Wednesday that "we did not adequately do end-to-end testing" of the troubled Obamacare website before its botched launch on October 1, adding that the various components "were not locked and loaded into the system" until mid-September.
10:10 a.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that contracts with the private companies working on the Obamacare website do not have any "built-in penalties" allowing her department to charge them for disappointing or faulty work. However, she said the agency will not pay for work that is incomplete.
10:09 a.m. ET
The exchange a few minutes ago between Rep. Joe Pitts, R-Pennsylvania and Secretary Sebelius hit on perhaps the widest number of issues with HealthCare.gov yet. In his five-minute questioning period, Pitts asked:
- Had Sebelius herself tried to signup on HealthCare.gov herself? Answer: she had an initial sort of dummy account. (It was not clear from her answer if she had tried to go through the process after the website was launched.)
- Who at the agency initially decided to require users to register before they could browse, a decision that may have caused some of the biggest problems in the first weeks? Answer: Marilyn Tavener, head of the Medicare & Medicaid Services.
- Did Sebelius think two weeks of testing before launching the site was enough? Answer: clearly not.
- When was Sebelius made aware of the problem? Answer: in August, contractor CGI Federal listed some problems and she understood they were fixing them.
- Did she know that in September some insurers recommended a delay? Answer: I wasn't in that meeting and I don't think anyone estimated the degree to which we have had problems.
10:06 a.m. ET
In a sharp exchange with a Republican congressman, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday she believed she could provide legislators with a list of insurers in federal exchanges set up under Obamacare that do not offer coverage for abortion services.
9:56 a.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday she was confident the troubled Obamacare website would be running smoothly by November 30, adding "I have confidence, but it isn't fair to ask the American public to take our word for it."
9:51 a.m. ET
At 90 years old, Rep. Ralph Hall, R-Texas, questioning Sebelius now, is the oldest member of Congress and was a teenager when Social Security was created. He has adamantly opposed Obamacare.
9:45 a.m. ET
A waiver of privacy rights on the Obamacare website was included in error and "will be taken down," Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday, telling GOP Rep. Joe Barton of Texas that "we have asked them to remove that statement."
5 things we learned from Tuesday's hearing with Tavenner
9:44 a.m. ET
HHS Secretary Sebelius just said that someone named Michelle Snyder was responsible for coordinating HealthCare.gov prior to this week (when contractor CGI Federal took over). Who is that? Snyder is the top day-to-day manager for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Here's her bio.
Snyder's boss did not directly defend her but when Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, asked, "So is Michelle Snyder responsible for this debacle?", Sebelius responded "no". That's when the HHS secretary said that Congress should hold her (Sebelius) responsible.
9:35 a.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday before a congressional committee that Republicans should "hold me responsible" for the problem-plagued Obamacare website.
9:33 a.m. ET
So far, the Sebelius hearing is going according to a classic Congressional script. The chairman from the opposing party opens with a question about one of the hottest issues, in this case Chairman Fred Upton, R-Michigan, asked about the fact that some Americans will not be able to keep their health care plans. Then the ranking member from the president's party, Rep. Henry Waxman, D-California, asks friendly questions to defend their position. Now, we watch to see if there will be any news, anything goes off script. Will Republican questions elicit any new information and will any Democrats become especially critical of the HealthCare.gov roll-out.
Three states tell insurers to cancel plans that don't comply with Obamacare
9:32 a.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday that people who bought their own health coverage before Obamacare was signed into law in 2010 can keep those policies if they choose under a "grandfather" clause included in the legislation. Her response to a question about people getting their policies canceled now defended promises by President Barack Obama that anyone who likes their health care plan can keep it, relying on the technicality that the coverage must pre-date the law. Asked if Obama was keeping his promise, Sebelius responded: "Yes, he is."
9:20 a.m. ET
What did the HHS Secretary just say? Here's a link to the eight pages of written testimony she submitted earlier this week.
Her spoken words to the committee were a shorter version.
Administration warned about site's trouble before launch
9:19 a.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told a House committee Wednesday that the "vast majority" of consumers will be able to shop online for health insurance under Obamacare by the end of November without the problems being experienced now.
9:17 a.m. ET
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius apologized Wednesday to Americans for the "miserably frustrating experience" caused by problems with the Obamacare website.
9:15 a.m. ET
As Sebelius starts her testimony, HealthCare.gov is not working. The familiar error screen, "The system is down at the moment" appears.
9:13 a.m. ET
The top Democrat on a House committee examining Obamacare told a hearing Wednesday that the President's signature health care reforms mean that "the worst abuses of the insurance industry will be halted." Rep. Henry Waxman of California said the reforms mean better plans are available at lower premiums, and he urged Republican colleagues to "stop hyperventilating" about problems with the system's website.
Keep your plan? Maybe not
9:12 a.m. ET
Sebelius is taking the oath before the House Energy & Commerce Committee as many are watching to see if the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee will issue a subpoena for documents related to HealthCare.gov.
9:08 a.m. ET
Republican Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan opened Wednesday's hearing on Obamacare by the House Energy and Commerce Committee he chairs by saying news about the President's signature health care reforms "seems to get worse by the day," adding that "Americans are scared" and "may be losing their faith in the government."
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A congressional committee hearing Wednesday with Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius facing questions about Obamacare has started. ||||| Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. (Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images)
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Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius spent about three hours testifying before Congress this morning. From all of that, there is one sentence that was arguably the most important things she said. It was about health insurance plans, which are still not receiving accurate data from Healthcare.gov.
"The system isn't functioning, so we're not getting that reliable data," Sebelius told legislators, answering a question about why the administration will not release enrollment data.
Sebelius reiterated what Jeff Zients told reporters late last week: that fixing data files sent to insurance companies, known as "834" files, is at the top of the administration's "punch list" for fixing the Web site
"We have prioritized that specific fix," Sebelius said. "Believe me, insurance companies [want] to get reliable data."
There's a reason that this item is getting such high priority: Without a fix, insurance plans won't know who actually signed up for their health plans. That means they can't send out membership cards or start paying claims for doctor visits.
There are significant problems with the front-end of Healthcare.gov; during Sebelius's testimony, shoppers were getting an error message when they tried to apply, noting that "the system is down at the moment." That means insurance plans aren't getting a ton of enrollments right now, since it's really hard to sign up.
This forces health insurance plans to check each enrollment file by hand, to see what inaccuracies turn up. Even with the trickle of enrollments coming in right now, this is a lot of work: I spoke with one insurance source last week, whose company was using some offshore contractors to do some of the work checking 834 files.
"We're having a lot of issues with duplicate files coming over," that source said. "We enter in address information that we can't validate, so then we've got to call you or go to the postal service to figure out what your address is. Things along those lines are what we're seeing."
This works when insurance enrollments are coming in at a trickle. But if the front-end issues are resolved — and insurers receive a surge of sign-ups — that could create huge problems for the companies that are supposed to begin providing coverage Jan. 1.
Kliff Notes: Top health policy reads from around the Web.
Sebelius apologized for the health law's rollout. "Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius acknowledged “frustrating” problems Wednesday with the new health-care law’s Web site and pledged that they would be fixed “as soon as possible.” She offer an apology for the site’s troubled launch, while also attributing the breakdowns to private-sector contractors." William Branigan and Sandhya Somashekhar in the Washington Post.
A September memo shows worries about Healthcare.gov's security protocols. "An internal government memo obtained by The Associated Press shows administration officials were concerned that a lack of testing posed a "high" security risk for President Barack Obama's new health insurance website. The Sept. 27 memo to Medicare chief Marylin Tavenner said a website contractor wasn't able to test all the security controls in one complete version of the system." Ricardo Alonso Zaldivar and Jack Gillum in the Associated Press.
The fight of the navigators. "As Republicans in Washington prepare to grill Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday over problems a broken website is creating for accessing Obamacare, their fellow party members in a dozen-and-a-half states have added complications for people trying to access those benefits through alternate means." Alex Seitz-Wald in National Journal. ||||| Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday deflected charges that the administration misled the American people about being able to keep their health plans under ObamaCare -- claiming that despite thousands of cancellation notices, the White House is keeping its promise.
Sebelius testified at a House hearing that originally was called to address the glitch-ridden ObamaCare website. Sebelius personally apologized for those failures and told lawmakers: "Hold me accountable for the debacle. I'm responsible."
Sebelius took the blame for giving the impression that the website was ready for launch before Oct. 1. "I told the president we were ready to go. Clearly, I was wrong," she said.
But Republicans also used the opportunity to press Sebelius on President Obama's repeated claims that people who like their current health plans can keep them under the new law. Thousands of cancellation notices going out to consumers have sharply challenged that claim.
"The news seems to get worse by the day," Rep. Fred Upton, R-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said at the start of the hearing before his committee. From the outset, Upton grilled Sebelius on those notices, asking why a change was made allowing certain insurance policies to be ruled ineligible under ObamaCare.
Sebelius, however, claimed: "There was no change."
Sebelius laid out a highly nuanced position.
The secretary denied that Obama had broken his promise and claimed that for the most part, people who had coverage as of March 2010 can keep their current plans -- provided their insurance companies haven't changed them significantly. That wrinkle, however, was rarely explained by Obama before now.
Though Sebelius and other officials argue that those receiving cancellation notices will be offered better-quality plans, Republicans say it still flies in the face of what the president said over the past several years.
"Some people like to drive a Ford, not a Ferrari," Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said. "You're taking away their choice."
Blackburn asked Sebelius point-blank: "Is [Obama] keeping his promise?"
"Yes, he is," Sebelius answered.
Sebelius' appearance is her first before Congress since the troubled launch of the exchange websites on Oct. 1.
At the start of the hearing, she apologized for the problems with the site.
"Access to HealthCare.gov has been a miserably frustrating experience for way too many Americans," Sebelius said, vowing to fix the problems.
To the American people, she said, "You deserve better. I apologize. I'm accountable to you for fixing these problems."
Sebelius admitted that the testing done before the Oct. 1 launch was "clearly not" enough. "We did not adequately do end-to-end testing," she said.
Clearing up one mystery, Sebelius said Marilyn Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, was the one who made a controversial decision to not allow consumers to browse for policies before logging in. Some have blamed this decision for the system overload earlier this month.
In written testimony released ahead of Wednesday's hearing, Sebelius vowed to improve the website and said the consumer experience to date is "not acceptable." But she defended the law itself and said extensive work and testing is being done.
Sebelius was also facing mounting pressure from high-ranking Republicans to resign. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., top Republican on the Senate health panel, was the latest to join the call.
"Mr. President, at some point there has to be accountability. Expecting this secretary to be able to fix what she hasn't been able to fix during the last three-and-a-half years is unrealistic," he said on the Senate floor on Tuesday. "It's throwing good money after bad. It's time for her to resign -- someone else to take charge."
Sebelius is expected to testify again before the Senate Finance Committee on the rollout of ObamaCare, committee chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., said in a statement. The hearing is scheduled for Nov. 6. |||||
Summary: | – Kathleen Sebelius apologized for ObamaCare's flubbed web debut in her testimony on Capitol Hill today, but stopped short of falling on her sword. "Access to HealthCare.gov has been a miserably frustrating experience for way too many Americans," she said, according to Fox News. "You deserve better. I apologize. I'm accountable for fixing these problems." But she laid the blame on the contractors, the Washington Post points out. "CMS has a track record of success" she said, but its work on HealthCare.gov has "not met expectations." Predictably, Sebelius' interrogators on the House Energy and Commerce Committee ping-ponged between outraged Republicans and supportive Democrats. "The secretary and her colleagues at HHS repeatedly looked us in the eye and testified that everything was on track," chair Fred Upton complained. Instead "malfunctions have become the norm. Americans are scared and frustrated." He also brought up the issue of customers losing their policies. Senior Democrat Henry Waxman, on the other hand, downplayed the problems. "The Affordable Care Act is working," he said. "I would urge my colleagues to stop hyperventilating." Other notable moments from the hearing included: Mike Rogers confronted Sebelius with an administration memo, acquired by the AP, indicating that the site hadn't been tested enough, and hence could present a "high" security risk. "You accepted a risk on behalf of every user that put their personal information at risk," he said. Sebelius said the system was secure. In another exchange she acknowledged a "theoretical" security flaw spotted by a tech blogger, but said it was "immediately fixed. Sarah Kiff at Wonkblog thought the most important moment of the hearing was when Sebelius acknowledged that, "we're not getting reliable data." She said the administration had prioritized this because, "believe me, insurance companies [want] to get reliable data." Republicans returned to the cancellations issue again and again, bringing up the Post's fact check. Sebelius said there was "no change" to the grandfather clause, which NBC alleged, and that Obama was keeping his promise to let people keep their coverage. Republicans weren't satisfied, taking issue with the law's imposed standards. "Some people like to drive a Ford, not a Ferrari," Marsha Blackburn said. "You're taking away their choice." Sebelius said she wouldn't ask for the resignation of Gary Cohen, the face of the IT effort behind the site. In weird rhetorical flourishes news: Early on Joe Barton referenced the Wizard of Oz. "Madam Secretary, while you're from Kansas, we're not in Kansas anymore," but rather a "parallel universe." Numerous other Congresspeople referenced the remark, either mocking it or agreeing. When asked whether President Obama was to blame for the problems, Sebelius replied, "No, sir." Asked about the controversial decision not to let people browse policies without signing up, Sebelius said Medicaid honcho Marilyn Tavenner had made that call. "We were anxious to get the website up" so "they pared down some of the features." Renee Ellmers asked Sebelius, "To the best of your knowledge, has a man ever given birth to a baby?" She was arguing that ObamaCare's standards mandated potentially unnecessary maternity coverage. Sebelius raised a number of eyebrows by saying that the website "has never crashed," only slowed to a crawl. But the website was actually down as she spoke (and throughout the hearing). John Boehner's office has already sent an email seeking to make hay about the remark, CNN reports. | 1 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
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YouTube star Zoella, whose real name is Zoe Sugg, famously quit the internet in late 2014 after it emerged that the editorial team at Penguin helped with the writing of her book. The 23-year-old's debut novel, Girl Online, broke the all-time record for highest first-week sales for a debut author, selling 78,109 copies in its first seven days but as rumours started to spread about a possible ghostwriter, Penguin confirmed that Sugg did not write Girl Online on her own. And now, her friend and fellow vlogger, Tanya Burr, is hoping for similar success as she prepares to publish her debut tome - but has already admitted she had help.
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BUT WAIT -- HOW DID THESEINCREDIBLY NOT RACIST PEOPLE
FIND THEMSELVES IN THECROSSHAIRS OF HAVING TO EXPLAIN
HOW RACIST THEY AREN'T.
>> THE MEDIA MAYBE TWISTS THINGA LITTLE BIT.
>> YOU GUYS TRY TO MAKEEVERYBODY IN THE WORLD THINK I'M
PREJUDICED. I'M NOT PREJUDICED.
>> Jon: AH THE MEDIA IS TWISTINGIT AROUND TO MAKE YOU SEEM --
THEY'RE JUST TAKING IT OVERHERE, TAKING IT OVER HERE --BLOOP.
I MEAN IF THEY WOULD JUST PLAYTHE WHOLE TAPE THEY WOULD SEE HE
SAYS THE NEGRO MAY HAVE BEENBETTER UNDER SLAVERY WHICH IS
A LINE HE WROTE IN A NEW PLAYCALLED LES MISERACISTS.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANY JEWTHEATER PRODUCERS -- WHAT STOP
TWISTING MY WORDS! NOW, OFCOURSE, DONALD STERLING HAS YET
TO EXPLAIN WHY HE IS NOTTO BLAME FOR HIS RACIST
STATEMENTS. BUT ANOTHERBILLIONAIRE DONALD IS MORE THAN
HAPPY TO SUGGEST -- WAIT --[LAUGHTER]
-- MORE THAN HAPPY TO SUGGESTSTERLING IS NOT THE ONLY ONE AT
FAULT HERE.
>> HE GOT SET UP BY A VERY, VERYBAD GIRLFRIEND, LET'S FACE IT.
SHE WAS BAITING HIM.
SHE'S A TERRIBLE HUMAN BEING ANDSHE'S CALLED THE GIRLFRIEND FROM
HELL.
>> Jon: THAT'S WHY I RECOMMENDTO ALL MY WEALTHY OLD FRIENDS
THAT THEY DATE TRUMP BRAND GOLDDIGGING GIRLFRIENDS. I PROMISE
THE BEST GIRLFRIENDS GOLDDIGGING MONEY CAN BUY.
RETURN POLICY CAN'T BE BEAT. WHOAM I KIDDING?
WE ALL KNOW WHERE THE BLAME FORRACISM REALLY BELONGS.
>> IF I SAY NEGRO OR BLACK BOYOR SLAVE, I'M NOT -- IF THOSE
PEOPLE CANNOT TAKE THOSE KIND OFWORDS AND NOT BE OFFENSIVE THEN
MARTIN LUTHER KING HASN'T GOTHIS JOB DONE YET.
>> Jon: YEAH!
IT'S HIS FAULT.
[ LAUGHTER ]WHY DID THAT GUY QUIT BEFORE
FINISHING HIS JOB?
[LAUGHTER]SOMEBODY SHOULD CALL HIM AND
TELL HIM TO STOP SLACKING ANDGET BACK TO WORK ON THE JOB OF
ENDING RACISM.
HERE IS THE THING ABOUT RACISMIN THIS COUNTRY, THE REACTION TO
STERLING AND BUNDY, THEOVERWHELMING CONDEMNATION MAKES
IT CLEAR WE HAVE MADEENORMOUS PROGRESS IN TEACHING
EVERYONE THAT RACISM IS BAD.
WHERE WE SEEM TO HAVE DROPPEDTHE BALL IS IN TEACHING PEOPLE
WHAT RACISM ACTUALLY IS, WHICHALLOWS PEOPLE TO SAY THESE
INCREDIBLY RACIST THINGS WHILSTINSISTING THEY WOULD NEVER.
I BELIEVE THE BEST ENCAPSULATIONOF THIS COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
COMES IN ALMOST CARTOON FORM.
I GIVE YOU TWO KLANSMENDISTANCING THEMSELVES FROM A
MURDEROUS WHITE SUPREMACIST WHOWENT ON A SHOOTING SPREE AT A
JEWISH CENTER.
>> WE ARE NOT A HATE GROUP.
I HAVE A LOT OF BLACKFRIENDS.
I DO BELIEVE THAT WHEN IT COMESTO LAYING DOWN WITH THEM WE
SHOULD BE SEPARATE.
BUT AS FOR AS A HATE GROUP, WEDID NOT HATE ANYONE.
>> Jon: OH, SO I GUESS THE ROBES ARE A KIND OF A KITSCH HIPSTER
THING.
YOU ARE NOT KLANSMEN YOU ARE IN"KLANSMEN."
COME BACK TO MY PLACEI'VE GOT SOME VINTAGE MOLOTOV
COCKTAILS IN REAL 40s MILKBOTTLES.
AND THAT BURNING CROSS?
RECLAIMED FREE TRADE BARN WOOD.
[LAUGHTER]BUT THE REAL KEY HERE WAS THEIR
STATEMENT THAT THEY HAVE BLACKFRIENDS, THEY JUST DON'T BELIEVE
IN SEXUAL MIXING, WHICH SHOWS, ITHINK, THE RICH TAPESTRY, THE
GORGEOUS MOSAIC OF RACISM INAMERICA, ALL THE WAY FROM
THOSE WHO SAY YOUCAN (bleep)
THEM, JUST DON'T BE SEEN WITHTHEM TO THOSE WHO SAY YOU CAN BE
SEEN WITH THEM, JUST DON'T(bleep) THEM.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. ||||| >> Jon: WELCOME BACK.
NOW --[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
BEFORE THE BREAK WE WEREDISCUSSING THE LATEST IN
AMERICAN NONRACISM.
NOW WE'RE JOINED BY SENIOR BLACKCORRESPONDENT LARRY WILMORE.
LARRY WILMORE. WELCOME TO THESHOW.
YES!
>> OH, MAN, HOLY (bleep) JON.
WHAT A WEEK TO BE SENIOR BLACKCORRESPONDENT.
I GOT ON A PLANE TO COME OUTHERE AND TALK ABOUT CLIVEN BUNDY
BY THE TIME I LANDED,DONALD STERLING WAS
BLOWING UP. I MEAN, IN ONE NEWSCYCLE
WE HAVE LIBERTARIAN COWBOYRACISTS, OLD JEWISH SPORTS
RACISTS AND DUDESBRAGGING ABOUT THEIR BLACK
FRIENDS THROUGH A KKK HOOD.MWAH.
>> Jon: IT'S A RICH TAPESTRY.
I'M GLAD YOU ARE ENJOYINGYOURSELF.
BUT LARRY, WHY IS THECONVERSATION SO EXPLOSIVE?
WHY IS THE RACE CONVERSATION SOFRAUGHT RIGHT NOW?
>> YEAH WELL, JON, WHILEMINORITIES ARE MAD FOR
THE OBVIOUS REASONS, STOP ANDFRISK, UNEQUAL
OPPORTUNITIES, VOTERSUPPRESSION --
>> Jon: OK. AND THEN UH,OH, YOU'RE NOT DONE --
>> YOU KNOW, UNFAIRSENTENCING LAWS,
TRAYVON MARTIN,STEALING OUR MUSIC.
>> Jon: SURE.
>> DIABETES.
I GOT IT, NON-WHITES ARE MADBUT WHAT ABOUT WHITE
PEOPLE, LARRY, THEY SEEM EVENMORE ANGRY YET THEY ARE NOT
SUFFERING FROM THIS RACISM?
>> WELL, OTHER THAN WHITE PEOPLEBEING CRAZY, I THINK --
>> Jon: WAIT WHAT?
>> I THINK IT'S THE FEAR THATBLACK PEOPLE ARE GAINING
SOMETHING AT THEIREXPENSE AND THEY HAVE
SOME VERY WELL THOUGHT OUTTHEORIES ABOUT IT.
>> I WANT TO TELL YOU ONE THINGI KNOW ABOUT THE NEGRO BECAUSE
THEY WERE BASICALLY ONGOVERNMENT SUBSIDY.
SO NOW WHAT DO THEY DO?
THEY ABORT THEIR YOUNG CHILDREN,THEY PUT YOUR YOUNG MEN IN JAIL
BECAUSE THEY NEVER LEARNED HOWTO PICK COTTON.
>> UM, I WANT TO TELL CLIVENBUNDY ONE THING I KNOW ABOUT THE
NEGRO.
OUR TWO CHOICES IN LIFE ARE NOTBETWEEN PICKING COTTON AND
PICKING UP WELFARE CHECKS.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITEDSTATES IS BLACK SO (bleep)
YOU.
>> Jon: REASONABLE STATEMENT.
>> NO, NO, NO, OK. IF YOU WANTTO TALK ABOUT GOVERNMENT
SUBSIDIES I'LL GO THERE COWBOY.
REMEMBER THE HOMESTEAD ACT WHERETHE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT YOU DON'T
BELIEVE EXISTS TOLD YOURANCESTORS THEY COULD HAVE ALL
THE LAND FOR AS FAR ASTHEY COULD GET IN A DAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TOLD MY ANDSETTERS?
HOW FAR CAN YOU GET IN A DAY?
>> Jon: SO THE PIONEERSELF-SUFFICIENT WE BUILT IT
AMERICAN WEST WAS BASICALLY AGIANT WELFARE PROGRAM.
>> YEP, BUNDY GREW UP IN ACULTURE OF DEPENDENCY. IT'S NO
WONDER HE TURNED INTO A THUG.BUT I FEEL BAD FOR HIM, JON.
I MEAN, AT THIS POINT
EVEN RICK PERRY HAS CONDEMNEDHIS RACISM AND THAT GUY HAS A
RANCH CALLED NIGGER HEAD.
>> Jon: WOW.
WHAT ABOUT DONALD STERLING,THOUGH? THIS MAN IS RICH.
HE'S WEALTHY BEYOND BELIEF.
HIS LIFE IS FINE. HE'S GREAT.WHERE'S THE RESENTMENT THERE?
WHAT IS HIS PROBLEM?
>> WELL, JON, HE HAS ADIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. RACISTS
LIKE HIM ARE NOT WORRIED THEYARE GOING TO PASS THEM.
THEY'RE LOOKING DOWN ON THEM
FROM ABOVE AND NEED THEM TOSTAY IN THEIR PLACE.
>> Jon: AND APPARENTLY THATPLACE DOES NOT INCLUDE STANDING
NEXT TO HIS GIRLFRIEND IN ANINSTAGRAM PHOTO.
>> REALLY? REALLY? MAGIC JOHNSONISN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO BE SEEN
WITH YOUR MIXEDRACE MISTRESS. I MEAN,
MAGIC JOHNSON A MAN SOUNIVERSALLY RESPECTED EVEN
H.I.V. DOESN'T WANT TO BRING HIMDOWN.
MAGIC.
>> Jon: I MEAN IT'S TRUE. IDON'T GET IT IT'S MAGIC JOHNSON.
I DON'T GET IT.
>> AND JON, LISTEN TO HOWSTERLING TALKS ABOUT HISPLAYERS.
>> I SUPPORT THEM GIVING THEMFOOD AND CLOTHES AND CARS AND
HOUSES.
WHO GIVES IT TO THEM?
DOES SOMEONE ELSE GIVE IT TOTHEM?
>> WOW, THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGYOU BOAST ABOUT FROM THE PORCH
OF YOUR PLANTATION RIGHT BEFOREDJANGO SHOOTS YOU.
>> Jon: BUT THAT'S WHAT,HERE'S WHAT'S MIND -- THIS
VIRULENT RACIST IS DATING AWOMAN OF COLOR.
>> I DON'T KNOW IF DATING IS THERIGHT WORD, JON.
HE'S MORE OF A SUGAR BIGOT.
AND BESIDES, HE'S JUST CARRYINGON A GREAT AMERICAN TRADITION.
LOOK, WE RESPECT THOMASJEFFERSON BUT (bleep) MAY HAVE
TURNED OUT DIFFERENTLY IF SALLYHEMMINGS HAD INSTAGRAM.
I TOLD YOU DO NOT BRING KUNTAKINTE TO MY GAMES.
>> Jon: WHAT FILTER IS THAT.WHAT INSTAGRAM FILTER?
>> 70'S.
>> Jon: 70'S? IS IT?>> 1770'S.
>> Jon: ALRIGHT, WELL IN YOURMIND, WHAT SHOULD THE
CONSEQUENCES BE FOR STERLING?
>> OK, JON, NOW. I'VE GIVENTHIS A LOT OF THOUGHT.
WE HAVE TO MAKE THIS RIGHT.
CHRIS PAUL HAS TO COME PLAY FORTHE LAKERS.
>> Jon: WAIT WHAT? I KNOW YOUARE A LAKERS FAN BUT THAT'S YOUR
SOLUTION?
>> YES, YES JON.
I'LL CALL THE NAACP.
>> Jon: WHAT IS THE NAACP GOINGTO DO.
>> THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FORTHE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRIS PAUL TO
THE LAKERS.
[ LAUGHTER ]THAT'S RIGHT.
CHRIS, YOU NEED TO ESCAPE.
LOOK, WAIT UNTIL DARK AND THENGO TO THE NORTH SIDE OF STAPLE
CENTER TO THE LAKERS LOCKERROOM.
>> Jon: HOW DOES THIS FIX THERACISM PROBLEM?
>> DON'T BE SILLY.
WE'RE NEVER GOING TO FIX RACISMIN THIS COUNTRY BUT I'M A LAKERS
FAN AND WE CAN FIX BASKETBALL INSOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
>> Jon: THANK YOU, LARRY. NICELYDONE, SIR.
LARRY WILMORE, EVERYBODY.
WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE][CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] ||||| [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]>> Jon: WELCOME TO "THE DAILY
SHOW".
MY NAME IS JON STEWART.
WE HAVE A SHOW FOR YOU TONIGHTTHAT WE'VE WORKED OUT.
NEW YORK MET GREAT MOOKIE WILSONWILL BE JOINING US ON
THE PROGRAM TONIGHT.
THEY ARE NOT BOOING THEY AREMOOKIE-ING.
BUT FIRST THE WOUNDS OFCENTURIES OF RACIAL OPPRESSION
HAVE LONG HAUNTED OUR COUNTRY ATRAGIC BUT INESCAPABLE PART
OF THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE.
UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN THE SUPREMECOURT SAID ITS OKAY FOR STATES
TO BAN AFFIRMATIVE ACTIONPROGRAMS AT PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
THUS COMPLETING THE MISSION OFRACIAL HEALING THIS COURT
EMBARKED ON LAST YEAR.
>> THE SUPREME COURT ESSENTIALLYKNOCKED DOWN ONE OF PILLARS OF
THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT.
IT INVALIDATED A KEY PART OF THEVOTING RIGHTS ACT, THE LAW
ENACTED IN 1965 TO STOP RACIALDISCRIMINATION AT THE POLLS.
>> AS CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTSSAID NEARLY 50 YEARS LATER
THINGS HAVE CHANGEDDRAMATICALLY.
>> Jon: RACISM IS OVER!
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]OF COURSE, THE JUSTICES WEREJUST
CODIFYING WHAT MANY OF US HADKNOWN FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
>> AMERICA TREATS PEOPLEEQUALLY.
WE HAVE A BLACK PRESIDENT.
EUROPE EVEN HAS NEVER HAD ABLACK PRESIDENT.
>> UNFORTUNATELY FOR LIBERALSTHERE'S NO RACISM IN AMERICA.
THERE'S MORE CHOLERA IN AMERICATHAN THERE IS RACISM.
>> Jon: MORE CHOLERA, YES,RACISM HAS GONE THE WAY OF
(bleep) WHERE YOU DRINK.
THE IMPORTANT THING ISTHAT RACISM IS OFFICIALLY DEAD.
>> I WANT TO TELL YOU ONE MORETHING ABOUT THE KNOW ABOUT THE
NEGRO -->> Jon: WHAT? JUST DAYS AFTER
BEING DECLARED DEAD BY THESUPREME COURT RACISM HAS ARISEN.
IT'S A WEEK AFTER EASTERMIRACLE.
[ LAUGHTER ]NOT THAT EASTER WEEKEND ITSELF
DIDN'T PROVIDE CLUES THATPERHAPS RACISM WASN'T QUITE AS
DEAD AS WE THOUGHT IT WAS.
>> EASTER EGGS FILLED WITH WORDSOF HATE.
>> PARENTS IN THE WEST END AREOUTRAGED AFTER WAKING UP TO FIND
EASTER EGGS FILLED WITH RACISTNOTES.
>> Jon: HUH. ITHOUGHT THE EASTER BUNNY
LOOKED DIFFERENT THIS YEAR. [LAUGHTER]
AND OF COURSE, RACISM LIKE OTHERTHINGS THAT
HAVE BEEN RESURRECTED QUICKLYCAUGHT ON WITH MANY JEWS.
>> DON'T COME TO MY GAMES. DON'TBRING BLACK PEOPLE AND DON'TCOME.
>> IT BOTHERS ME A LOT THAT YOUWANT TO BROADCAST THAT YOU ARE
ASSOCIATING WITH BLACK PEOPLE.
>> I'M JUST SAYING, INYOUR LOUSY (bleep) INSTAGRAMS,YOU DON'T
HAVE TO HAVE YOURSELF WITH,WALKING WITH BLACK PEOPLE.
[AUDIENCE BOOS]>> Jon: THAT IS A DONALD
STERLING. THAT IS DONALDSTERLING. HE'S A BILLIONAIRE WHO
HAS GOTTEN RICH OFF THE LABORS
OF A MOSTLY BLACK BASKETBALLTEAM TELLING HIS
MIXED RACE GIRLFRIEND NOT TOBE SEEN WITH BLACK PEOPLE.
IT'S THAT AGE OLD STORY, "YEAH,I'M RACIST BUT MY (bleep) AND MY
WALLET ARE NOT." BY THE WAY,
[ LAUGHTER ]BEING SEEN WITH BLACK PEOPLE
APPEARS TO BE THE ONLYRESTRICTION STERLING IS PLACING.
>> YOU CAN SLEEP WITH THEM, YOUCAN BRING THEM IN, YOU CAN
DO WHATEVER I WANT.
THE LITTLE I ASK YOU IS NOT TOPROMOTE IT AND NOT TO BRING THEM
TO MY GAMES.
>> Jon: HE IS A RARE CREATURE.
A RACIST SWINGER.
[ LAUGHTER ]WHAT HE BASICALLY IS SAYING IS I
DON'T SEE COLOR WHO IT COMES TOWHO YOU ARE (bleep).
I ONLY SEE IT WHEN IT COMES TOWHO YOU ARE SITTING WITH.
IF YOU THINK AN OLD MAN TELLINGHIS GIRLFRIEND IT'S COOL IF SHE
BANGS WHOEVER SHE WANTS IS THEWEIRDEST PART OF THIS STORY,
THINK AGAIN.
>> STERLING WAS DUE TO RECEIVE ASECOND LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
AWARD FROM THE NAACP NEXT MONTHFOR HIS WORK WITH
UNDERPRIVILEGED YOUTH BUT ONMEET THE PRESS TODAY THE NAACP
INTERIM PRESIDENT SETTHAT WON'T HAPPEN.
>> Jon: TAKE THAT STERLING. NOTJOHN STERLING.
JOHN STERLING IS AN THEANNOUNCER OF YANKEES.
DIFFERENT GUYS. THATSTERLING.
BECAUSE OF YOUR UNREPENTENTRACISM YOU ONLY GET ONE
NCAACP LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTAWARD -- NA DOUBLE C P --
NA DOUBLE -- IT'S REALLYHARD TO SAY.
[ LAUGHTER ]THERE'S ONE MORE THING WE SHOULD
ADD.
>> NO, I'M NOT RACIST BUT I DIDWONDER THAT.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOUR RACE IS.
WE NEED TO GET OVER THISPREJUDICE.
>> STERLING TOGETHER WITH THECLIPPERS ORGANIZATION SAY THE
VIEWS ON THE RECORDINGS DO NOTREFLECT STERLING'S OWN PERSONAL
BELIEFS.
>> Jon: THANK YOU.
SOMEONE HAS TO FINALLY STAND UPFOR THESE PEOPLE WHO MAKING
CLEARLY RACIST STATEMENTS ONTAPE AS NOT BEING RACIST.
AND SINCE NO ONE ELSE WILL DO ITIT MIGHT AS WELL BE THE RACISTS
THEMSELVES.
THAT IS THE POT CALLING THEKETTLE A BLENDER.
POT?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
YOU'VE GOT ME ALL WRONG.
I WOULD NEVER BE BLACK. |||||
Write a summary. | – Thanks to the Donald Sterling brouhaha, the Cliven Bundy brouhaha, and the Supreme Court's upholding of the Michigan affirmative action ban, Jon Stewart spent quite a bit of time talking about racism on the Daily Show last night. Re: Sterling, whose comments were of course made to his mixed-race girlfriend, he noted: "It's that age-old story: 'Yeah, I'm racist, but my d--- and my wallet are not.'" Stewart went on to marvel at the way racists and/or their apologists loudly insist they're not racist—heck, even the KKK is insisting it's not racist as it distances itself from Jewish center shooting suspect Frazier Glenn Cross. Take Bundy, who said that if "those people" are offended by him using words like "Negro," "black boy," or "slave," it's really because "Martin Luther King hasn't got his job done yet." The good news is that the remarks of Bundy and Sterling were widely condemned—the bad news is that, while "we have made enormous progress in teaching everyone that racism is bad, where we seem to have dropped the ball is in teaching people what racism actually is," Stewart said. "Which allows people to say these incredibly racist things whilst insisting they would never." | 6 | Flan2021 | multi_news:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Use evidence from the fact that the sun is the source of energy for physical cycles on Earth to answer the following question. Choose from options. "The sun is responsible for"
Choose your answer from: 1. puppies learning new tricks. 2. children growing up and getting old. 3. flowers wilting in a vase. 4. plants sprouting, blooming and wilting. | 4. | 4 | Flan2021 | openbookqa:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Read the following paragraph and determine if the hypothesis is true:
Boonie Bears III is a 2016 Chinese animated adventure comedy film directed by Ding Liang and Lin Yongchang. The film is the third installment in the "Boonie Bears" film series based on the animated series of the same name, following the 2015 film "". It was released in China on January 16, 2016. It will be followed by "", scheduled for release in 2017.
OPTIONS:
(a). Yes.
(b). It's impossible to say.
(c). No.
Hypothesis: Boonie Bears III was released in 2015.
| (c). | 5 | Flan2021 | anli/r2:0.1.0 | zs_opt |
Summarize this article:
You should strive to deliver your opening statement from memorization. Doing so will make your opening statement more genuine, believable, and effective. In order to accomplish this, you should: Write your opening statement exactly as you want to present it; Reduce it to a general outline; then Reduce it one last time to a key word outline that you may or may not use during your opening statement itself. Practicing will help you become comfortable with your delivery and timing. Also, practicing with others will allow you to get feedback from friends, family, and/or colleagues regarding your content and mannerisms. Before you go into the courtroom to deliver your opening statement, you will want to make any final tweaks you think will make the opening statement perfect. You will have spent so much time preparing and practicing, you will know by this point if anything needs to be added or taken out. Do this at least a day before you deliver your opening statement so you have time to practice your final version.
Summary: | Prepare your speech for the day of the trial. Practice your opening statement in front of an audience or in front of a mirror. Make final changes if necessary. | 2 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Here is some data about a restaurant: name = Fitzbillies, eatType = coffee shop, food = Japanese, customer rating = high, area = riverside. Write a sentence that includes the above data about a restaurant | By riverside Fitzbillies offer coffee shop and Japanese food. Highly rated £20-£25 and kids not welcome | 4 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
How do I become mentally stronger?
How can one become emotionally and mentally strong in life?
Do those questions have the same meaning?
Options are: a). no; b). yes; | b). | 1 | Flan2021 | glue/qqp:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
What happens next in this paragraph?
We see a man in red spinning himself around the pommel horse quickly. A man in red and yellow spins fast on the pommel. we
Choose from: a). watch in amazement as the man spins on the pommel horse.. b). see machine parts on a paper.. c). see a man dismount the pommel and throw his arms in the air.. d). see the blue sky.. | c). | 0 | Flan2021 | hellaswag:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Choose your answer.Available choices:
(1). no;
(2). yes;.
Mark heard Steve 's feet going down the ladder. The door of the shop closed after *him* . He ran to look out the window.
Do "him" and "Steve" mean the same thing? | (2). | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/wsc.fixed:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Select the correct answer: Which is an appropriate title for this article?
HARARE, Zimbabwe, Sept. 10 -- A Zimbabwean court jailed a former British special services officer for seven years Friday in a case prosecutors linked to a foiled coup attempt in the oil-rich country of Equatorial Guinea.
Choices:
1). World.
2). Sports.
3). Business.
4). Science/Tech. | 1). | 6 | Flan2021 | ag_news_subset:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Add punctuation: 2224 I was also upright before him and have kept myself from mine iniquity
| 22:24 I was also upright before him, and have kept myself from mine iniquity. | 6 | Flan2021 | fix_punct | zs_opt |
Produce a detailed sentence about a restaurant using the following words: name = The Phoenix, food = English, priceRange = more than £30, customer rating = high, area = city centre
Sentence: | Located in city centre, The Phoenix serves English food. Although expensive they received a high customer rating. | 8 | Flan2021 | gem/e2e_nlg:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
Single/multi-choice problem: Which of the following solutions is better for the following goal:
How to ensure that a key stays in good working order?
Available options:
[-] When the key begins to show wear, buff it with a cloth to remove the excess metal and clean it with any alcohol.
[-] When the key begins to show wear, buff it with sandpaper to remove excess metal and clean it with ethanol. | When the key begins to show wear, buff it with sandpaper to remove excess metal and clean it with ethanol | 6 | Flan2021 | piqa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a question about the following article.
i run a secret santa / swapping communtiy called santaswap . it 's great for those who like sending and receving presents . check out the user info , do n't be discouraged by the rules . i ' ve been running it for 2 - 3 years now and we have a good track record , and the rules are there for a reason.the next big swap ( $ 30 spending limit inc . shipping ) is coming up on 10/1 for halloween .
Question: | What may be the reason for their post ?
Pick your answer from: A. They want to bring in more revenue . B. They need to get more people to join them . C. They want to get incentive by recruiting more people . D. None of the above choices . | 8 | Flan2021 | cosmos_qa:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Thus, we have household diary data for ten years, which we use for this analysis.
Does it follow that "We lost all the household diary data from the last 30 years. "?
Possible answers:
-yes
-it is not possible to tell
-no | no | 9 | Flan2021 | glue/mnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
If you have a mass of 50 kg on Earth, what is your weight in newtons? An object with more mass is pulled by gravity with greater force. Mass and weight are closely related. However, the weight of an object can change if the force of gravity changes. On Earth, the force of gravity is the same everywhere. So how does the force of gravity change? It doesnt if you stay on Earth. What if we travel to another planet or moon in our solar system? Look at the photo of astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. taken by fellow astronaut Neil Armstrong in the Figure. They were the first humans to walk on the moon. An astronaut weighs less on the moon than he would on Earth. This is because the moons gravity is weaker than Earths. The astronauts mass, on the other hand, did not change. He still contained the same amount of matter on the moon as he did on Earth. If the astronaut weighed 175 pounds on Earth, he would have weighed only 29 pounds on the moon. If his mass on Earth was 80 kg, what would his mass have been on the moon? [Figure 3]
After reading the above, is "Gravity level alters the weight of an object because it is a force that pulls down causing a perceived change" the correct answer to the question "How does the force of gravity affect your weight?"?
Options:
(1). no;
(2). yes; | (2). | 6 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Article: Your comfort is your top priority. Avoid wearing anything that is tight around your stomach while you are having contractions—this will only increase the pain. Tight clothing can also keep you from finding a comfortable laboring position, and it may make it even harder to change into a nightgown if you are having strong contractions. Make sure that it is not too long—knee-length is good. A long gown can become a problem during labor and delivery: it could get in the way of your fetal monitoring or the birth of the baby. Also, make sure that any gown you choose is not too short. The A-line dress is very popular for labor; momos, maxis, and nighties also work well. While you are still in the early stages of labor—before you actually start the delivery process—you may want to stay covered up so that you don't feel exposed. If you plan to breastfeed right after the birth, make sure that your nightgown buttons down the front at least enough to fully expose your breast. This may be loose and comfortable, and it can give you extra emotional support. Make sure that it's an old shirt, or something non-essential—there's a chance that you will stain or rip any clothing that you wear. This will allow you to move around between contractions to maximize comfort and support effective breathing. As labor drags on, you may want to remove your bottoms to allow for examinations and fluid discharge. Wear something that you don't care too much about. Things could get messy. Remember that other people will be there. Consider how much skin you are comfortable showing. Many women prefer to go bare, especially for water births. You may find that you feel more comfortable and less restricted without clothing sticking to your sweaty body. You don't need to decide right away. You can always remove your gown or your bottoms as your labor progresses.
What is a summary of what this article is about? | Wear loose clothing or nothing at all. If you decide to wear a nightgown, make sure it is breathable, loose, and comfortable. Consider wearing a large t-shirt that belongs to your partner. Consider wearing a big t-shirt, a comfortable sports bra, and some loose bottoms. Consider going nude. | 7 | Flan2021 | gem/wiki_lingua_english_en:1.1.0 | zs_opt |
@pinkzombie it sure is lifts the spirit and makes you smile
Describe the sentiment embodied by this tweet.
Select from the following.
* negative.
* positive.
I think the answer is | positive | 2 | Flan2021 | sentiment140:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Sentence 1: Volcano erupts in Indonesia -100,000 evacuated and airports closed
Sentence 2: Volcanic eruption closes 3 airports
From 0 to 5 (0="no meaning overlap" and 5="means the same thing"), how similar are the two sentences?
OPTIONS:
(1). 0;
(2). 1;
(3). 2;
(4). 3;
(5). 4;
(6). 5; | (4). | 2 | Flan2021 | glue/stsb:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
After Futile Efforts To Settle Out Of Court, Billionaire Elaine Wynn Sues So She Can Sell Her Wynn Resorts Shares
Wynn Resorts Director Elaine Wynn (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
Note: Post Updated at 9:20 pm ET June 19 to include statement from Steve Wynn.
After nearly a year of trying to reach an agreement out of court, billionaire Elaine Wynn – a board member of Wynn Resorts and ex-wife of casino mogul Steve Wynn – filed a claim Tuesday to dissolve a shareholding agreement that restricts her from selling shares in Wynn Resorts. Elaine Wynn owns 9.74 million shares – about 8.6% of the company – worth slightly more than $1 billion. She was ranked on Forbes’ 2012 Billionaires List in March with a net worth of $1.4 billion.
Elaine Wynn’s legal claim, filed in U.S. District Court in Nevada, states that Ms. Wynn would like to sell her shares in order to support charitable causes she has been involved in (which include an anti-dropout program called Communities in Schools), as well as for estate planning purposes for her children. Under the existing shareholders agreement, she must get written consent from Steve Wynn in order to sell her shares. The Las Vegas Sun first reported news of Ms. Wynn’s legal action.
The claim is part of an ongoing lawsuit between Wynn Resorts and Japanese billionaire Kazuo Okada, a former Wynn Resorts board member. In February, Steve Wynn dismissed Okada from the Wynn board and forcibly bought out his 20% stake. Elaine Wynn’s claim essentially says that the action by Steve Wynn to buy out Okada’s shares nullifies the shareholder agreement, since Okada no longer owns shares in Wynn Resorts.
Elaine Wynn has spent much of the last year trying to come to an amicable agreement with her ex-husband about dissolving the shareholder agreement, said a person who is familiar with the dispute. Ms. Wynn –who was named in the suit filed by Okada against Wynn Resorts because she is a board member — had until July 1 to file a compulsory counterclaim. Ms. Wynn sent Steve Wynn a letter on Monday letting him know her intention to file suit –and asking one more time for a way to resolve the issue out of court, but she did not receive a response from Steve Wynn, this person familiar with the dispute said.
Steve Wynn issued a statement in response to the action that describes his ex-wife’s claim as a matter that was part of their divorce settlement. “Today’s cross claim filed by my ex-wife Elaine P. Wynn is a legally baseless attempt to drag into federal court a domestic relations matter that was previously settled in family court here in Las Vegas. The Stockholders’ Agreement, which has provided assurance of stability and continuity to our stockholders and employees since the inception of the Company, was amended in 2010 as part of our divorce. It was at the essence of a property settlement between us that was extensively negotiated while Elaine was represented by a top divorce lawyer,” the statement from Steve Wynn said.
Wynn Resorts stock ended the day up 4% at $104.52 a share.
Follow me on Twitter at @KerryDolan
What are the most important parts of this text? | Wynn Resorts board member and ex-wife of Steve Wynn filed a suit asking for a shareholder agreement to be rescinded –partly so she can give more heavily to charity. | 5 | Flan2021 | newsroom:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The price of big screen televisions has been coming down, but this was ridiculous. Best Buy's Web site offered a 52-inch TV for less than $10, but the deal was too good to be true. Early Wednesday morning, BestBuy.com listed a 52-inch Samsung HDTV for $9.99 -- a savings of more than $1600. As customers jumped on the Web site trying to take advantage of the offer, Best Buy announced it was a "pricing error" and was no longer available. A recorded message on Best Buy's customer service line told customers "we will not be placing any more orders for this unit," and messages were sent on Twitter apologizing "for any disappointment." Customers who placed orders early Wednesday were left wondering if they got away with the bargain. Eric VanBergen of Grand Rapids, Michigan, told CNN he snapped one up for $84.79 -- including $70 shipping and taxes -- at 5:30 a.m. Then, he ordered a second. Dozens of customers were posting to Twitter and Bestbuy.com, saying they also placed often multiple orders. It appears they are out of luck. In a statement, Best Buy apologized for the mistake but said it would "not be honoring the incorrect price." Company representatives posted online messages telling customers "All current and previous orders made for the TV at this price on BestBuy.com will be cancelled, and customers will be refunded in full for the purchase." The company's Web site states Best Buy reserves the right to "revoke offers or correct errors" even if a credit card has already been charged. The price mix-up gave way to customer frustration as people lost out on the deal of the year. ".bestbuy dang you!!!!" was how VanBergen reacted on Twitter after learning that his two confirmation e-mails from Best Buy were meaningless. But it appears there is little else they can do. A spokeswoman for the Federal Trade Commission that investigates consumer complaints told CNN "The FTC act bars unfair and deceptive commercial practices." Those would be cases of phony offers or sweepstakes, rather than a mistake, she said.
Write highlights for this article. | Best Buy's Web site offers 52-inch HDTV on Web site for less than $10. Customers get on Web site to take advantage of bargain. Best Buy officials admit "pricing error", says it will not honor TV purchases. | 2 | Flan2021 | cnn_dailymail:3.4.0 | zs_opt |
the bar area should be more like a bar to go and have a nice drink with nice atmosphere and more modern decor..it wasnt bad but its not my style.
Translate to Russian
Russian: | Хотелось бы более расширенный выбор блюд на завтрак. А также, чтобы в номере не только меняли белье и пылесосили, но и вытирали пыль с полок. | 0 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/ru-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Write a dialog with this premise "Jess suggests two videos for her first dance with Abby. Their wedding is in six months.". | Jess:
Jess: or
Jess:
Abby: For our first dance?
Jess: yes xD
Abby: you're kidding
Jess: it would be fun!!
Abby: it would be an embarrassing
Jess: We still have half a year
Abby: forget it :D | 9 | Flan2021 | samsum:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Translate to Czech:
Are you a speed freak?
Czech: | Jsi na prášcích? | 4 | Flan2021 | wmt16_translate/cs-en:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
Pick from: A. yes. B. no.
Does "Some mutations do not change the amino acid sequence because multiple codons encode the same amino acid (synonymous mutations)." correctly answer the question of What are mutations that do not change the amino acid sequence called?
| A. | 3 | Flan2021 | glue/qnli:2.0.0 | zs_opt |
Chinese Influences: The Japanese were forced out of the Korean peninsula in the sixth century, but not before the Koreans had bequeathed to the Yamato court copies of the sacred images and scriptures of Chinese Buddhism. Just as Christianity introduced Mediterranean culture into northern Europe, so Buddhism brought Chinese culture into Japanese society. Throughout the seventh and eighth centuries numerous Japanese monks, scholars, and artists made the perilous trip west across the Sea of Japan to study Chinese religion, history, music, literature, and painting — later to be brought back for further development in Japan. An outstanding figure of this time was Prince Shotoku, who in 604 developed the "Seventeen-Article Constitution," outlining a code of human conduct and the ideals of state as a basic law for the nation. He also established relations with the Sui dynasty in China. Through him, the Japanese imperial court developed Chinese patterns of centralized government, with its formal bureaucracy of eight court ranks. The Chinese calendar was used to calculate the year of Japan's foundation by counting back the 1,260 years of the Chinese cosmological cycle. Thus, 660 b.c. is still the official date celebrated nationwide. At this early stage in its history Japan was already (for the most part) only nominally ruled by the emperor. De facto power was exercised by the militarily and economically strongest family. The Sogas had promoted Buddhism as an imperially sanctioned counterweight to the native Shinto religion, along with the new Chinese customs, to weaken the influence of their more conservative rivals. But they in turn were ousted in a.d. 645 by Nakatomi Kamatari, founder of the great Fujiwara clan, which was to rule Japanese affairs for hundreds of years and provide prominent advisers to the emperor even up to the 19th century.
Do you have any questions? | What year is known as the year of Japan's foundation? | 8 | Flan2021 | super_glue/multirc:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
TEXT: `` holding this tray is easier when you do n't have so much on it , '' sam said . `` i told you you 'd get the hang of it . '' jack removed the last glass from the tray and handed it to jessie . `` sam , this is jessie , a friend of mine . '' `` a pleasure to meet you , | jessie | 4 | Flan2021 | lambada:1.0.0 | zs_opt |
The recovery of the capsule, which carried astronaut Virgil "Gus" Grissom on a brief suborbital flight on July 21, 1961, took place on the 30th anniversary of mankind's first moon landing.
Does this next sentence follow, given the preceding text?
The moon was first touched by mankind in 1969.
OPTIONS:
+ yes
+ no | no | 3 | Flan2021 | super_glue/rte:1.0.2 | zs_opt |
Here is an article:
Brendan Bannon for The New York Times
The St. Louis Blues placed an order at Ricota's Pizza & Subs during a recent game in Buffalo. The order included 150 chicken wings.
BUFFALO â The third period of the game between the Buffalo Sabres and the St. Louis Blues had just begun at the First Niagara Center, and the delivery from Ricotaâs Pizza & Subs had arrived at the security entrance right on time. The dressing room attendant met the delivery men, and together they lugged the order into the Bluesâ room.
When the Blues tramped in after the game, there it was, a feast fit for a 4-1 victory: 12 turkey subs, 12 roast beef subs, one sheet pizza and, this being Buffalo, 50 chicken wings. St. Louis Blues center Derek Roy, a fan of Ricotaâs from his days with the Sabres, had his own special order: one sheet pizza, one large pepperoni pizza and 100 wings.
A pile of pizza boxes is a common postgame sight in visitorsâ dressing rooms around the N.H.L. Players grab a quick slice or sandwich while changing, showering and talking to reporters in the roughly 40 minutes they have before the team bus leaves for the airport.
The usual procedure is for the home teamâs equipment manager to offer a menu from a trusted local restaurant, or several restaurants, to his counterpart on the visiting team. The visitors make their selections; the home teamâs staff calls in the order; and the restaurant delivers it fresh and hot to the rink. The food must arrive just after the second intermission, so as not to distract the players with the tantalizing aroma of wings and hot sauce while they prepare for the final period.
Around the league, equipment managers have their favored delivery places â big national or regional pizza chains in some cities, neighborhood mom-and-pop restaurants in others. At Madison Square Garden, the pizza usually comes from Famous Amadeus, a couple of blocks away; at Nassau Coliseum, from Borrelliâs Italian Restaurant in East Meadow; at Prudential Center, from one of a handful of little places in Newark: Queen Pizza II, Mamaâs Pizza or Mikeâs Coffee Shop and Pizzeria.
In Philadelphia, cheese steaks are part of the mix, usually from Steak âEm Up, and in Pittsburgh, the pizzas and hoagies most often come from Giovanniâs or Pizza Milano. In the Carolina Hurricanesâ Raleigh, N.C., arena â the N.H.L. rink widely considered to have the best in-house catering â the pizzas are made on site. In Vancouver, visiting players look forward to the beef jerky made by one of the Canucksâ attendants. And for teams visiting Montreal, the postgame meal might be pizza from Bocci Resto-Café in the LaSalle neighborhood, or it might be Bell Centreâs own famous chiens-chauds.
âUsually they order pizza, but from time to time they go with Bell Centre hot dogs,â said Pierre Gervais, the Canadiensâ equipment manager. âThey love those hot dogs.â
At the First Niagara Center, visiting teams favor a handful of places that serve Buffalo-style pizza â thicker than in New York but much thinner than in Chicago, with pizza sauce light on the sugar and salt. Ricotaâs gets the call about 30 times each season, said Samir Khoury, one of the brothers who own the modest pizzeria and grocery store in an old south Buffalo neighborhood.
âTo know that professional hockey players like my pizza and wings, it makes me proud,â he said.
The opportunity arrived six or seven years ago on Thanksgiving. The usual places were closed, Khoury said, but a friend who worked with the Sabresâ equipment manager knew that Ricotaâs would be open. He was from the Valley, a hardscrabble neighborhood so obscure and sparsely populated that many Buffalonians have not even heard of it, and he knew that Khoury and his brothers opened Ricotaâs for a few hours every holiday because there are no other stores nearby and many residents do not have cars.
âHe called and asked, âCan you make food for the Montreal Canadiens?â â Khoury said. âSo I called my brother Michael, woke him up and said, âGet down here.â It was a $250 order, and they tipped us $50 because it was so cheap.â
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