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Given the passage about churches built in the village of Zijldijk in the Netherlands, when was the only running church built?
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Zijldijk has three churches. The Mennomite church was built in 1772 in a non conspicuous barn-like building. It is still in use as a church. The Dutch Reformed church has been reconstructed as a village house. The Reformed Church was constructed in 1886, and nowadays serves as a care facility.
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The Mennomite church was built in 1772 and is still in use as a church.
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How do I get better at bouldering?
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Usually the best way at getting better at bouldering is to boulder as much as you can. You can check out youtube videos of some techniques to practice while on the wall and trying routes above your current grade for fun.
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Where is the Black See?
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The Black Sea is a marginal mediterranean sea of the Atlantic Ocean lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine. The Black Sea is supplied by major rivers, principally the Danube, Dnieper, and Don. Consequently, while six countries have a coastline on the sea, its drainage basin includes parts of 24 countries in Europe.
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The Black Sea is lying between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, west of the Caucasus, and north of Anatolia. It is bounded by Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
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Which of these sentences is correct: "If I was you, I would do it" or "If I were you, I would do it"?
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The correct sentence is "If I were you, I would do it"." This is the subjunctive form of English. It should be used when a hypothetical is contrary to fact. In this case, "I" is not "you," so the subjunctive form should be used. In first person, the form of "be" used for the subjunctive mood is "were."
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Why do toddlers wake up so early?
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A toddlers sleep patterns are a product of how they are trained as a sleeper from early on in life. Toddlers who were removed from a crib regularly in their early months tend to be inconsistent sleepers into the toddler years. The brain development in a toddlers brain is so malleable, they rely heavily on their inherent circadian rhythms to wake and fall asleep.
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| 5,104 |
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Tell me a joke
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Well, I used to hate facial hair, but it grew on me.
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| 5,105 |
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What is Pickleball?
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Pickleball is an indoor or outdoor racket/paddle sport where two players (singles), or four players (doubles), hit a perforated hollow plastic ball over a 36-inch-high (0.91 m) net using solid-faced paddles. Opponents on either side of the net hit the ball back and forth until one side commits a rule infraction. Pickleball was invented in 1965 as a children's backyard game on Bainbridge Island, Washington, US. In 2022, pickleball was adopted as the official state sport of Washington.
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What are the words of House Penrose?
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"Set Down Our Deeds"
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List three US states whose name begins with C. Then tell me the capital of the first one.
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Three US states that begin with C are:
1. California
2. Colorado
3. Connecticut
The state capital of California is Sacramento.
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In the series A Song of Ice and Fire, who is the founder of House Foote?
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Philip Foote
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What is a narcissist?
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People who see themselves as the center of the universe. Narcissists gain confidence by putting others down. They feel attacked at the slightest thing, even when a comment has nothing to do with them. They're small human beings. They lack grace, wisdom, humility, integrity, and perhaps even a conscience. Narcissists make the worst mothers — traumatizing their children, feeling resentful and jealous of their children and in the worst cases, seeing their daughters as their competition. Narcissists make the worst kind of boss. Unfortunately, many narcissists are in positions of power.
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What is the best programming language?
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There is no single answer, as the specific use case, the nature of the project, and the skills of the programmer all play a role in determining the best programming language. Python may be generally easier to learn, while C++ may be faster because it is statically typed. Each language has its advantages and disadvantages.
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Which institute is known as International money laundering watch dog?
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Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
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What is the difference between tennis shoes and sandals?
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Tennis shoes are a form of footware that fully covers and supports your feet. These shoes are designed to endure a lot of wear and tear, as they are often used for physical activity and general daily use. Tennis shoes typically have full heal support that limits the movement of your foot within the shoe as you wear them. Tennis shoes also have laces, which help the wearer to tighten the shoe fabric around your foot, providing further support. Sandals are a type of footware that does not fully cover or support your foot. Sandals typically have some sort of wrap or toe fixture that helps to keep the shoe on the wearer as they walk. This type of shoe is mostly used for short-term wear, at the beach, or at the pool, as they are extremely convenient to put on and take off.
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What was the first country to guarantee freedom of worship
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Transylvania
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Is the language spoken in Kerala a palindrome?
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Malayalam (/ˌmæləˈjɑːləm/; Malayalam: മലയാളം, Malayāḷam, [mɐlɐjaːɭɐm] (listen)) is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people. It is one of 22 scheduled languages of India. Malayalam was designated a "Classical Language of India" in 2013. Malayalam has official language status in Kerala and Puducherry (Mahé), and is also the primary spoken language of Lakshadweep and is spoken by 34 million people in India. Malayalam is also spoken by linguistic minorities in the neighbouring states; with a significant number of speakers in the Kodagu and Dakshina Kannada districts of Karnataka, and Kanyakumari, district of Tamil Nadu. It is also spoken by the Malayali Diaspora worldwide, especially in the Persian Gulf countries, due to the large populations of Malayali expatriates there. They are a significant population in each city in India including Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi, Kolkata, Pune etc.
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Yes, malayalam is the language spoken in Kerala and it is a palindrome
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What is a pot hole?
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A pot hole is the part of a road that has become damaged with a large enough interruption in the road the the driver of a vehicle can feel a jarring impact when the vehicle travels over that area. Cities try to fill in pot holes because they can damage vehicles as when they become too large.
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Given this paragraph about rivers in Europe, tell me what are the two longest rivers in Europe.
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The commercial and geopolitical importance of rivers is not ranked here. As a transportation artery, a river may unite a region commercially and economically, but major rivers, as barriers to travel, may also form political boundaries between states. The Danube, the second longest river in Europe, is notable for flowing through or past ten countries; the Rhine through or past six. The Volga, the longest river in Europe, unites a huge region of European Russia; eleven of the twenty largest cities in Russia lie on its banks. The Loire and the Po unite important regions within France and Italy respectively. The most important rivers in Europe include Rhone, Elbe, Oder, Tagus, Thames, Don and Dnieper, among others.
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The two longest rivers in Europe are the Volga and the Danube.
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Given this paragraph about muscle strains and that my symptoms include severe and acute pain with movement limitations, how bad is my strain?
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A strain can occur as a result of improper body mechanics with any activity (e.g., contact sports, lifting heavy objects) that can induce mechanical trauma or injury. Generally, the muscle or tendon overstretches and is placed under more physical stress than it can withstand. Strains commonly result in a partial or complete tear of a tendon or muscle, or they can be severe in the form of a complete tendon rupture. Strains most commonly occur in the foot, leg, or back. Acute strains are more closely associated with recent mechanical trauma or injury. Chronic strains typically result from repetitive movement of the muscles and tendons over a long period of time.
Degrees of Injury (as classified by the American College of Sports Medicine):
First degree (mildest) – little tissue tearing; mild tenderness; pain with full range of motion.
Second degree – torn muscle or tendon tissues; painful, limited motion; possibly some swelling or depression at the spot of the injury.
Third degree (most severe) – limited or no movement; severe acute pain, though sometimes painless straight after the initial injury
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You likely have a Grade 3 strain, often considered amongst the most severe types
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Q: Does spraying people with disinfectant, or having people go through disinfectant tunnels, walkways, or chambers, lower the spread of COVID-19?
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: No. The FDA does not recommend spraying humans with aerosolized disinfectant. At this time, there is a lack of data to demonstrate that sanitation tunnels are effective in reducing the spread of or in treating COVID-19.
Chemicals used in sanitation tunnels can irritate the skin, eyes, or airways and cause other health issues.
Hand sanitizers are only for use on the hands and are not to be used over larger body surfaces, ingested, inhaled, or injected. Given serious safety concerns and the lack of data to demonstrate that sanitation tunnels are effective in reducing the spread of or in treating COVID-19, the FDA strongly discourages the use or development of sanitation tunnels at this time, as described in this February 2022 guidance titled “COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Policy on COVID-19-Related Sanitation Tunnels.”
Surface disinfectants or sprays should not be used on humans or animals. They are intended for use on hard, non-porous surfaces (materials that do not absorb liquids easily). CDC provides information regarding disinfectant practices for surfaces. CDC states you should never eat, drink, breathe or inject disinfectants into your body or apply directly to your skin as they can cause serious harm.
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Is Hainanese chicken rice a national dish of Singapore or Malaysia?
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Hainanese chicken rice is a dish of poached chicken and seasoned rice, served with chilli sauce and usually with cucumber garnishes. It was created by immigrants from Hainan in southern China and adapted from the Hainanese dish Wenchang chicken. It is considered one of the national dishes of Singapore and is most commonly associated with Singaporean cuisine, being widely available in most food courts and hawker centres around the country. Variants of the dish can also be seen throughout Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia and Thailand, where it remains a culinary staple. In a debate that stretches back decades to 1965, when the two countries split, Malaysia and Singapore have both laid claim to inventing the dish. In 2009, then Malaysian Tourism Minister Ng Yen Yen said that Hainanese chicken rice was "uniquely Malaysian" and had been "hijacked" by other countries. Ng later clarified that she was misquoted on her intention to patent the foods, and that a study on the origins of the foods would be conducted "and an apology conveyed if it was wrongly claimed." In 2018, then Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng joked that Singapore claimed "chicken rice is theirs (and) if we’re not careful, ‘char koay teow‘ will become theirs" one day. The debate has been described as an example of gastronationalism.
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The answer might differ depending on who is answering your question. Hainanese chicken rice is considered one of the national dishes of Singapore being widely available in most food courts and hawker centres around the country. Variants of the dish can also be seen throughout Southeast Asia, particularly in Malaysia where it remains a culinary staple.
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I want to get in better shape. I work at a desk all day, and I've never really been in good shape. Growing up, I didn't play sports or spend a lot of time outdoors. I know I need to improve my physical health, but I really don't know how to get started. Can you recommend a workout routine for me?
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Sure! I can recommend a plan to help you get in shape. To get started, consistency is key, so you do not want to overdo it and injure yourself. I recommend a simple routine. For the first week, walk 20 minutes a day at a moderate pace. For the second week, walk 30 minutes a day at a moderate pace. For the third week, walk 30 minutes and start to do 3 sets of 5 wall push-ups each day. Wall push-ups are push-ups against a wall, and you can make them easier or harder depending on how far from the wall you stand. For the fourth week and beyond, increase your daily walk by 5 min, until you can consistently walk 60 min a day. You should also increase the number of sets and repetitions of your wall push-ups until you can do 5 sets of 10 repetitions. When you are comfortable with this routine, you are ready to go to a gym, start jogging, or use weights to continue improving your physical health.
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What are the top 10 Hollywood movies liked by audiences
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Gone with the Wind (1939) was voted the favorite film of Americans in a poll of 2,279 adults taken by Harris Interactive in 2008, and again in a follow-up poll of 2,276 adults in 2014.
Roman Holiday (1953) was voted the best foreign (i.e. non-Japanese) film of all time in a 1990 poll of about a million people organized by Japanese public broadcaster NHK.
The Godfather (1972) was voted number 1 by Entertainment Weekly's readers in 1999 and voted as number 1 in a Time Out readers' poll in 1998. The film was voted the "Greatest Movie of All Time" in September 2008 by 10,000 readers of Empire magazine, 150 people from the movie business, and 50 film critics. It also topped Empire's June 2017 poll of 20,000 readers.
The Empire Strikes Back (1980) was voted the best film of all time by over 250,000 readers of the Empire film magazine in 2015.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) was voted the greatest film of all time by Empire readers in "The 201 Greatest Movies of All Time" poll taken in March 2006.
Titanic (1997) was voted the greatest hit of all time in a poll of 6,000 movie fans conducted by English-language newspaper China Daily in March 2008.
Shiri (1999) was voted the favorite film of Koreans with 11,918 votes in a 2002 online poll of 54,013 people conducted by Korean movie channel Orion Cinema Network.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001–2003) was voted the favorite film of Australians in an audience poll for the Australian television special My Favourite Film in 2005. It was also voted the best film in a poll of 120,000 German voters for the TV special Die besten Filme aller Zeiten ("The best films of all time") in 2004.
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Why did the Allies invade Normandy during world war 2?
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The Allies invaded Normandy to open a 2nd front against the Axis and to liberate Europe from the Germans. The invasion spot was chosen because it was weakly defended and gave great access to the interior of France. A diversion called Operation Fortitude diverted German resources to Calais, as they believed that to be the primary landing zone for invasion, enabling the Allies to score a decisive victory.
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Given this reference paragraph about Roger Franklin Bonk where was he born?
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Roger Franklin Bonk (June 9, 1944 – February 13, 2023) was an American professional football player who was a linebacker for one season in the Canadian Football League (CFL) for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. A native of Minnesota, he played freshman football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers in 1962 before transferring to the University of North Dakota. He played three years for their football team and was twice named all-conference, additionally being named first-team Little All-American as a senior. Bonk then played 15 games for Winnipeg in 1967 before being released prior to the 1968 season.
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Minnesota
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How many members are in FATF ?
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39 members
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Identify and briefly describe the four strategies employed by the leaders of the modern civil rights movement. If you were advising a group seeking to guarantee certain civil rights today (for example, disabled people, gays/lesbians, or immigrants) which would you advise them to use?
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There were four strategies employed by the leaders of the modern civil rights movement. The first was legalism, which used the courts to attack discriminatory laws or practices. The limits of legalism are the cost, slow change, burden on the individual and it was elite driven. The second was nonviolent direct action (NVDA). NVDA identifies an unjust law which is then broken by individuals trying to promote change. Individuals must then accept the consequences of breaking the law, but if enough do so, it puts pressure on local governments. The third strategy was political action, which used voting on proactive agendas to force change. Finally, the fourth strategy was the black power movement. This strategy promoted disengagement from white-society and setting up a separate black power structure. It provided services to the black community and promoted positive black images, but had weak leadership and was prone to violence and paranoia.
If I was advising a civil rights group today, I would advise them to use the first three strategies. Legalism, NVDA and political action are positive and effective ways to enable change. They usually encourage sympathetic news coverage and get the message of the group out to the broader public. A strategy like the black power movement would not be effective. If you want to change society, you can’t separate from it or try to change it from the outside. You need to work within the system to change it. Violence will also turn public support away from your group and allow government agencies to crack down on your leadership, making it hard to continue to bring about the change you desire.
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Are fresh vegetable brought at a grocery store fresher than frozen vegetables?
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It's quite common for a lot of people to assume that fresh vegetables are fresher than frozen vegetables. In fact, many wrongly assume that freezing destroys nutrients. Nothing could be farther from the truth. To survive transportation and storage, fresh vegetables are often harvested prematurely at sub-par nutrition levels. On the other hand, frozen vegetables are harvested close to peak maturity and nutrition levels.
Unless you have your own kitchen garden or have access to a farmers market located close to where the vegetables are actually grown, frozen is a better bet - it's fresher, more convenient and rather crucially, more easily accessible for you to improve the health quotient of your meals. It's better to eat frozen peas all through the year than be puritanical about enjoying it only during winter. Eating healthily is as much a behavior science problem as it is a nutrition science problem, and it's easier to keep frozen peas around and eat it regularly than to try and remember what is currently in season and go out of the way to procure them fresh all the time. Long term convenience always trumps short term will power improvements.
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When is tax day?
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Tax day usually refers to the day in the United States when tax forms must be submitted and paid for individual and businesses. It is typically April 15 or later.
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what is a competition?
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A competition is when teams or individuals are in the act of competing against each other. They can be trying to do the same activity the highest number times. Examples of competitions are chess competitions, basketball / volleyball / hockey competitions, or ice skating competitions. Competitions often tell who is the best at what the competition is measuring (e.g. sports). Independent competitions usually are not Team sports and usually include an individual trying to achieve a high score. Their scores are compared against other independent scores to determine who is the best with independent competitions.
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Given a reference text about Jeremiah Mutwalante Twa-Twa, when and where was he born?
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Jeremiah Mutwalante Twa-Twa (born 29 January 1951) is a Ugandan physician, public health specialist, and politician. His last name is sometimes spelled "Twatwa". He is the elected Member of Parliament representing Iki-Iki County, Budaka District. He has served in that capacity since May 2011. Before that, he served as the director of the Division of Child Health at the Uganda Ministry of Health from 2005 until 2010.
Background and education
He was born in Budaka District on 29 January 1951. Twa-Twa attended Sekulo Primary School in Budaka District from 1959 until 1964. He then studied at Mbale College in Mbale District from 1965 until 1966. He undertook his O-Level studies (S1-S4) at Jinja College in Jinja District from 1967 until 1970. In 1971, he entered Namilyango College in Mukono District to pursue his A-Level (S5-S6) education, graduating in 1972.
He graduated from Makerere University Medical School in 1978 with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree. In 1981, he obtained a Diploma in Public Health from the Makerere University School of Public Health. In 1995, he received a Master of Arts degree in demography from the same university. He also holds a Certificate in Epidemiology, awarded in 1983 by the University of Nairobi.[
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Jeremiah Mutwalante Twa-Twa was born in the Budaka District of Uganda on January 29, 1951.
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Who wrote the TV show Fleabag?
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Fleabag is a British comedy-drama television series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, based on her one-woman show first performed in 2013 at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It was originally produced by Two Brothers Pictures for digital channel BBC Three in a co-production agreement with Amazon Studios. Waller-Bridge stars as the title character, a free-spirited but angry and confused young woman in London. Sian Clifford stars as Fleabag's sister Claire, while Andrew Scott joined the cast in the second series as 'Hot Priest'. The protagonist frequently breaks the fourth wall to provide exposition, internal monologues, and a running commentary to the audience.
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Fleabag is a British comedy-drama television series created and written by Phoebe Waller-Bridge.
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| 5,165 |
What horsepower does a BMW 1250GS produce
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The engine displaces 1,254 cc (76.5 cu in) with 102.5 mm bore × 76 mm stroke. The intake camshafts have two cam lobes per valve that can be switched within one cam revolution between partial-throttle and open-throttle cam profiles. Power and torque claimed by BMW are higher than the predecessor model at 134 horsepower (100 kW) at 7750 rpm and 105.5 pound force-feet (143.0 N⋅m) at 6250 rpm, with 4% better fuel economy.
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The 2018 model of the 1250 GS produced 134 peak HP.
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What is TSA?
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is an agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that has authority over the security of transportation systems within, and connecting to the United States. It was created as a response to the September 11 attacks to improve airport security procedures and consolidate air travel security under a dedicated federal administrative law enforcement agency.
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TSA stands for Transportation Security Administration in the United States. It is the agency that is responsible for the security of transportation systems within United States. They are mainly responsible for airport security.
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What is the largest animal in the world
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Blue Whale
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Where are the 4 best international travel destinations if you want a tropical location rich with history?
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I think the best travel destinations that fit that description are the island of Capri off of Naples, Italy, the port city of Kotor in Montenegro, Tulum, Mexico, and Dubrovnik, Croatia. Even though these destinations aren't as popular as some of the bigger international cities with lots of history (think Paris, Rome, Florence, Berlin, Lima), they have beautiful buildings and castles of historic significance. And they are in a beautiful tropical setting which makes it more like a fairytale setting! I would go to any of these places again in a heartbeat!
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Polly, a 51-year-old female, visits your fitness facility. Polly has been told she has pre-diabetes. Explain to her what this means. What role can exercise play in reversing this?
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From a scientific point of view, this means that she is insulin resistant, but she does not have hyperglycemia. As a result, she should be concerned; she is at a high risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The health risks are numerous: damage to blood vessels, high blood pressure, obesity, osteoporosis (thinning bones), and even certain types of cancer like colon, breast, and prostate. However, she can lower insulin resistance and mitigate her risk of pre-diabetes by improving her exercise habits. According to ACSM’s Health and Fitness Journal, almost “all physical activity has a positive effect on insulin.” To maximize efficacy, she should focus on moderate to higher intensity physical activities to best enhance insulin action and glycemic control.
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What is the smallest bird?
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Hummingbirds have varied specialized characteristics to enable rapid, maneuverable flight, exceptional metabolic capacity, adaptations to high altitude, sensitive visual and communication abilities, and long-distance migration in some species. Among all birds, male hummingbirds have the widest diversity of plumage color, particularly in blues, greens, and purples. Hummingbirds are the smallest mature birds, measuring 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) in length. The smallest is the 5 cm (2.0 in) bee hummingbird, which weighs less than 2.0 g (0.07 oz), and the largest is the 23 cm (9.1 in) giant hummingbird, weighing 18–24 grams (0.63–0.85 oz). Noted for long beaks, hummingbirds are specialized for feeding on flower nectar, but all species also consume small insects.
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Hummingbird is the smallest bird.
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| 5,175 |
In 1779 Abraham Darby built the worlds first what
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Metal Bridge
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What are the causes of population growth in the Sun Belt in the US?
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The Sun Belt has seen substantial population growth since post-World War II from an influx of people seeking a warm and sunny climate, a surge in retiring baby boomers, and growing economic opportunities. The advent of air conditioning created more comfortable summer conditions and allowed more manufacturing and industry to locate in the Sun Belt. Since much of the construction in the Sun Belt is new or recent, housing styles and design are often modern and open. Recreational opportunities in the Sun Belt are often not tied strictly to one season, and many tourist and resort cities, such as Fort Lauderdale, Gulf Shores, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Myrtle Beach, New Orleans, Orlando, Palm Springs, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego, Tampa, and Tucson support a tourist industry all year.
The traditional explanations for the growth are increasing productivity in the South and West and increasing demand for Sunbelt amenities, especially its pleasant weather. Job decline in the Rust Belt is another major reason for migration.
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Since WWII, many people have migrated from the US Midwest or Northeast to the Sun Belt. One significant factor is the milder climate and the recreational possibilities it makes possible. Economic opportunity is another factor, as many automobile and other manufacturers have left the Midwest and Northeast and built factories in the Sun Belt. The housing stock is newer and affordable, which attracts people of all ages.
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Please fix the typos and grammar issues in the following text and reply with the updated text:
I wuld love to go te cynema but I dont like the corrent movies.
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I would love to go to the cinema but I don't like the current movies.
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What years did World War II take place?
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World War II took place from 1939 to 1945.
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What is SWIFT in banking?
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SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications) is a global member-owned cooperative that functions as a huge messaging system. Members (banks and other financial institutions) use it to quickly, accurately, and securely send and receive information, primarily money transfer instructions.
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What are the National League and American League in Major League Baseball?
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They are the 2 overarching leagues that comprise all of Major League Baseball (MLB). There are 15 teams per league and within each league, there are 3 divisions (west, central, and east). The rules are consistent between the leagues (though that was not the case as recently as a few years ago until the NL adopted the designated hitter rule). Following the 162-game regular season, there are playoffs in each league. The winner of the American League and the National League have won the pennant for their respective league. They then play against each other in the World Series to determine the championship team of the season.
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What happens if the sky falls down?
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The question does not make sense. Sky is a term used to describe the upward view from the surface of the Earth. It can also be described as the space between Earth’s surface and outer space. Therefore the idea of the sky falling down is absurd. However, the famous idiom “The Sky is falling” refers to panic and mass hysteria.
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Is Scala the best programming language?
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That depends on your opinion, but most users of Scala enjoy it's use and think it is a good language.
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What is a good Manhattan recipe?
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A Manhattan is a cocktail that can be made with either bourbon or rye. I prefer using rye due to the extra spicy and peppery flavors of the rye enhancing the drink. For the drink, mix two ounces of rye with one ounce of sweet vermouth in a cocktail shaker. Add 2 dashes of bitters to the mix. Add ice, cap the shaker, and shake vigorously for about 15-20 seconds. Uncap the shaker and pour the Manhattan into a glass. Garnish with a Maraschino cherry if you desire.
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Given this paragraph about hedgehogs, why are they different from porcupines?
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Hedgehogs are easily recognized by their spines, which are hollow hairs made stiff with keratin.Their spines are not poisonous or barbed and, unlike the quills of a porcupine, do not easily detach from their bodies. However, the immature animal's spines normally fall out as they are replaced with adult spines. This is called "quilling". Spines can also shed when the animal is diseased or under extreme stress. Hedgehogs are usually brown, with pale tips to the spines, though blonde hedgehogs are found on the Channel Island of Alderney.
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Hedgehog spines do not easily detach rom their bodies like porcupines.
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What are some of most popular science fiction and fantasy books with TV or movie adaptations in the past twenty years?
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There have been many extremely popular science fiction and fantasy books in the last ten years, but a small selection that were extremely popular and had successful TV/movie adaptations might include: "The Lord of the Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien, which was published in 1955 but remains extremely popular and whose movie adaptations won a record number of Academy Awards; the series "A Song of Ice and Fire" by George R.R. Martin, the first book of which is "A Game of Thrones", is very popular and was adapted into a critically successful TV show on HBO; "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, also with a series of successful movie adaptations; and "Dune" by Frank Herbert, which has had a number of movie adaptations with the most recent releasing in 2021.
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In what industries is GIS indispensable?
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These days, multiple industries are utilising GIS (geographic information system) as an integral part of how they do business. They use GIS to store, analyse, and quantify data with geographical information to show how it relates to other components.
GIS compliments every industry. And forward-thinking companies recognise that with the ability to analyse information efficiently, they can optimise their efforts, use resources more efficiently, and have an advantage in their industry.
There are many advantages that a business gains when using GIS, and it is transforming industries such as utilities, infrastructure, environment management, and others:
The industries using GIS serve some of our most fundamental needs.
Environmental Agencies
GIS gathers and stores critical data for environmental agencies to track and monitor habitat, wetland, and coastal shoreline erosion, identify locations where threatened species live, water sources and other natural resources. It can also help to track patterns and help predict natural disasters, glacier changes and soil erosion.
All of the environmental data gathered is essential in helping with conservation, protection and restoration efforts. Other industries can also access and utilise the data collected by researchers and conservationists.
Utility Companies
One of the most active users of GIS is the utility sector, and they use it to help with:
Managing grids and identifying patterns in customer usage, outages and supply issues
Tracking and monitoring pipelines
Locating water pipes and cables
Wireless networks
Construction planning
Monitor assets and field workers
GIS, with its comprehensive database, helps to maintain and monitor overhead and underground utilities, improving efficiency and effectiveness and saving time and money
Infrastructure Companies
The planning and development of our roads, electricity, water supply lines, buildings, and society’s basic framework is mapped, managed, and monitored by companies that incorporate GIS in the infrastructure industry.
GIS simplifies communications, improves efficiency and effectiveness for field workers, helps to monitor assets and workers, tracks and stores customer usage and issues, improves customer/client satisfaction, and much more.
Telecommunications
GIS is widely used in the telecom sector to help monitor real-time data about current use, outages, and signal strength to help them better understand customers’ patterns and needs.
The telecom companies also use GIS to help optimise their resources effectively and efficiently, mitigate problems and plan for future growth.
Retail
Retail stores depend on knowing where their customer base lives or works and how far they are willing to travel to buy goods. GIS supplies essential data to help retail companies determine location, optimise inventory and sales, and plan their marketing campaigns to reach their ideal clientele.
Government
Geographical information is critical for the government to make decisions based on real-time data. Government operations are spatial, whether for emergency response and management, fires, accidents, utilities, infrastructure, etc.
Agriculture
Food is a basic need for humans and animals. The agricultural industry uses GIS to help identify usable fertile land vs non-fertile land, weather hazards such as flooding or drought, and water supply.
Development and Urban Planning
Planners and developers rely on GIS to help them factor in several components when looking to build and develop an area. For example, they use GIS to find empty lots and determine resource and infrastructure availability and needs.
GIS helps plan roads, housing, schools, businesses, government spaces, and hospitals. It also stores historical data, including ageing infrastructure, monuments, wetland areas, protected habitats, and species.
Another important factor is soil mapping, identifying possible hazards such as flooding, volcanic activity or other environmental issues.
Healthcare
Today, healthcare sectors use GIS to track disease patterns, whether an outbreak, an epidemic, cancer hotspots, or people in a specific location suffering from an environmentally caused illness.
GIS has a disease surveillance system that can conduct a spatial analysis to locate which area is high-risk, and the GIS software is better are validating data.
Insurance Companies
Mitigating and understanding risks ahead of time is essential to insurance companies, and they use GIS to ensure they are aware of possible dangers before giving you a quote.
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What is a mortgage?
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A mortgage loan or simply mortgage, in civil law jurisdicions known also as a hypothec loan, is a loan used either by purchasers of real property to raise funds to buy real estate, or by existing property owners to raise funds for any purpose while putting a lien on the property being mortgaged. The loan is "secured" on the borrower's property through a process known as mortgage origination. This means that a legal mechanism is put into place which allows the lender to take possession and sell the secured property ("foreclosure" or "repossession") to pay off the loan in the event the borrower defaults on the loan or otherwise fails to abide by its terms. The word mortgage is derived from a Law French term used in Britain in the Middle Ages meaning "death pledge" and refers to the pledge ending (dying) when either the obligation is fulfilled or the property is taken through foreclosure. A mortgage can also be described as "a borrower giving consideration in the form of a collateral for a benefit (loan)".
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Why do some people prefer pickleball over tennis?
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Pickleball is played on half of a tennis court. Pickleball has been rising in popularity in the last decade. People used to think it was only for older adults. But pickleball leagues for younger players are popping up everywhere. Many people prefer pickleball over tennis because it is easier to pick up without formal lessons, the equipment is less expensive, and the matches are much shorter.
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How many teams are in the MLB American League
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The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is one of two leagues that make up Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada.
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The American League consists of 15 teams (including one Canadian team) aligned in three divisions: the AL East, comprising the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays, and Toronto Blue Jays; the AL Central, comprising the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers, Kansas City Royals, and Minnesota Twins; and the AL West, comprising the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and Texas Rangers.
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What is the effective interest rate (EIR)?
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The effective interest rate (EIR), effective annual interest rate, annual equivalent rate (AER) or simply effective rate is the percentage of interest on a loan or financial product if compound interest accumulates over a year during which no payments are made. It is the compound interest payable annually in arrears, based on the nominal interest rate. It is used to compare the interest rates between loans with different compounding periods, such as weekly, monthly, half-yearly or yearly.
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What is the largest state in the US?
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Alaska
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Who are some of the top goal scorers of all time for Manchester City?
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Some of the top goal scorers of all time for Manchester City are Sergio Aguero, Eric Brook, Tommy Johnson, Colin Bell, and Joe Hayes.
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What was the turning point in the Pacific Theatre in WW2?
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The Battle of Midway in June of 1943 was most likely the turning point of the Pacific War. Up until that point, the Japanese held the initiative and momentum. When they lost 4 carriers and precious pilots and planes during the battle, they were significantly weakened and were never able to regain the initiative but instead spent most of rest of the war on the defensive.
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Given this paragraph about Nicaraguan nationality law, with which countries can Nicaraguan citizens obtain dual citizenship?
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Nicaragua has a large diaspora that make significant contributions to the economy. Recognizing that forcing them to give up Nicaraguan nationality to acquire a different nationality would impact the country, changes were made to eliminate the possibility that birthright Nicaraguans could lose their nationality. Nicaragua has dual nationality treaties with Argentina, the nations of Central America, Italy and Spain. Children born abroad who obtain nationality by birth in another place are also accepted as dual nationals. In the case that their parents are naturalized Nicaraguans, they must ratify their choice of Nicaraguan citizenship upon attaining the age of 16.
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Nicaraguan nationals can obtain dual citizenship through joint-treaty with Argentina, Central American nations, Italy, and Spain. Children with parents who are Nicaraguan citizens that are born abroad will receive dual citizenship.
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Who is Charlie McCarthy
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Charles McCarthy (born 1946) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left corner-forward at senior level for the Cork county team.
Born in Tower Street, Cork, McCarthy first played competitive hurling during his schooling at Sullivan's Quay CBS. He arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Cork minor teams as a dual player, before later joining the under-21 hurling side. He made his senior debut during the 1965 championship. McCarthy immediately became a regular member of the starting fifteen and won five All-Ireland medals, nine Munster medals and four National Hurling League medals. The All-Ireland-winning captain of 1978, he was an All-Ireland runner-up on two occasions.
As a member of the Munster inter-provincial team on a number of occasions, McCarthy won one Railway Cup medal. At club level he is a two-time All-Ireland medallist with St Finbarr's. In addition to this he has also won four Munster medals and five championship medals, after beginning his career with Redmonds.
McCarthy's career tally of 24 goals and 149 points ranks him as Cork's fifth highest championship scorer of all-time.
Throughout his career McCarthy made 45 championship appearances. His retirement came following the conclusion of the 1980 championship.
In retirement from playing McCarthy became involved in team management and coaching. After serving as coach of the Cork minor and senior teams he guided club side St Finbarr's to championship success.
McCarthy is widely regarded as one of the greatest hurlers of his era. During his playing days he won three All-Star awards. He has been repeatedly voted onto teams made up of the sport's greats, including at right corner-forward on the Club Hurling Silver Jubilee Team and the Supreme All-Stars team. McCarthy was also chosen as one of the 125 greatest hurlers of all-time in a 2009 poll.
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What are the differences between an upright piano and a grand piano?
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The main differences between an upright piano and a grand piano are:
- action mechanisms: an upright piano utilizes a string action to allow vertically placed hammers to reset, while gravity returns the hammers in a grand piano, offering better responsiveness and repetition speed
- pedals: a grand piano usually have 3 pedals, and an upright piano has 2 or 3 pedals with different functions.
Though it depends on the specific models and conditions, a grand piano usually offers better dynamic range and richer resonance than an upright piano.
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What are the common toppings that can go on a hotdog?
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A hot dog (commonly spelled hotdog) is a food consisting of a grilled or steamed sausage served in the slit of a partially sliced bun. The term hot dog can refer to the sausage itself. The sausage used is a wiener (Vienna sausage) or a frankfurter (Frankfurter Würstchen, also just called frank). The names of these sausages commonly refer to their assembled dish. Some consider a hot dog to technically be a sandwich. Hot dog preparation and condiments vary worldwide. Typical condiments include mustard, ketchup, relish, onions in tomato sauce, and cheese sauce. Common garnishes include sauerkraut, diced onions, jalapeños, chili, grated cheese, coleslaw, bacon, and olives. Hot dog variants include the corn dog and pigs in a blanket. The hot dog's cultural traditions include the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile.
These types of sausages were culturally imported from Germany and became popular in the United States. It became a working-class street food in the U.S., sold at stands and carts. The hot dog became closely associated with baseball and American culture. Although particularly connected with New York City and its cuisine, the hot dog eventually became ubiquitous throughout the US during the 20th century. Its preparation varies regionally in the country, emerging as an important part of other regional cuisines, including Chicago street cuisine.
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Common toppings or garnishes include sauerkraut, diced onions, jalapeños, chili, grated cheese, coleslaw, bacon, and olives
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What is the best way to get your kid to become a better sleeper?
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Having a kid that is a good sleeper is oftentimes something that you can not fully control as each kid is going to be different. However, with the state of technology today, there are a number of tools and resources out there today that attempt to help your kid become a better sleeper. Apparatuses like the snoo can simulate a parent rocking your kid to sleep without fully waking the child. The thing that matters most for most babies is establishing a routine. Starting at an early age, routines can be implemented that can help "condition" a kid that bedtime approaches. Following the same routine and time schedule established a sense of familiarity for the baby. Stick to this and your kid should become a much better sleeper.
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How many vowels are in the word dinosaur?
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The letters a, e, I, o and u are vowels. As such there are 4 vowels in dinosaur
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What's the easiest way to make friends when traveling alone?
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Traveling alone to anywhere in the world can be very intimidating and cal also feel lonely at times, but the great news is that it's extremely easy to make friends abroad! A couple of ways to make friends are:
1. Visit your neighborhood bar and sit at the bar. More than likely there will be other folks going alone and you'll be able to chat with them. You can strike a conversation by easily asking them about their order or if they're from the area.
2. Join travel groups on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. With social media, it's much easier to find people who are traveling in the same location as you are and willing to meet up. A great group is The Travel Squad. You can join their Facebook community with thousands of solo travelers
3. Do walking tours! There are a ton of free walking tours that you can do so make sure to sign up.
4. Excursions is another great way to meet others. Don't be afraid to ask people where they are from or what got them interested in doing that excursion.
5. Hostels. If you don't mind the noise levels, hostels are one of the top ways to meet fellow friends while solo traveling. They always host great music, events and have a common dining room area where people tend to hang out.
Traveling alone can feel scary but remember that all it takes is getting out of your comfort zone and striking up a conversation to make long lasting friendships!
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Where is Amazon rainforest located?
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The Amazon rainforest, also called Amazon jungle or Amazonia, is a moist broadleaf tropical rainforest in the Amazon biome that covers most of the Amazon basin of South America. This basin encompasses 7,000,000 km2 (2,700,000 sq mi), of which 5,500,000 km2 (2,100,000 sq mi) are covered by the rainforest. This region includes territory belonging to nine nations and 3,344 formally acknowledged indigenous territories.
The majority of the forest, 60%, is in Brazil, followed by Peru with 13%, Colombia with 10%, and with minor amounts in Bolivia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Four nations have "Amazonas" as the name of one of their first-level administrative regions, and France uses the name "Guiana Amazonian Park" for French Guiana's protected rainforest area. The Amazon represents over half of the planet's remaining rainforests, and comprises the largest and most biodiverse tract of tropical rainforest in the world, with an estimated 390 billion individual trees in about 16,000 species.[
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The Amazon jungle is located in South America. It is spanned across Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador
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Which Shakespeare play inspired West Side Story?
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"West Side Story is a musical conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and a book by Arthur Laurents.
Inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet, the story is set in the mid-1950s in the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City, then a multiracial, blue-collar neighborhood. The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The Sharks, who are recent migrants from Puerto Rico, and the Jets, who are white, vie for dominance of the neighborhood, and the police try to keep order. The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang's leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, tragic love story, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in musical theatre."
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West Side Story was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
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Given the reference text below, what is a GATR?
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The Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR) is a weapons system under development by Orbital ATK and Elbit Systems. It is intended to provide a low-cost guided missile compatible with existing unguided 70mm rocket launch platforms such as the Hydra 70. The penetrating version of the GATR is equipped with a steel-cased M282 warhead and a programmable fuze. It can be set from the cockpit to detonate on impact or after a delay and is capable of penetrating a triple-brick wall and light-vehicle armor.
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A Guided Advanced Tactical Rocket (GATR) is a low-cost guided missile equipped with a steel-cased M282 warhead and a programmable fuze.
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Who won the Stanley Cup in 1994?
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The New York Rangers
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Why do people travel to islands for a holiday?
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Islands are a great location for people to enjoy the sunny weather, beautiful locations, tropical fruits and usually wonderful food. This especially appeals to people who live in countries who experience four seasons and may look for better weather during winter and autumn seasons. Islands also usually host very nice beaches.
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Write a April Fools' joke for a data platform company
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At [Company Name], we've been working on data for many years to solve the problems of storing and analyzing it reliably at scale. These problems are really hard though, so many enterprises struggle with them. This is why we are now introducing LLM-DB: a database based on an AI model that simply generates new data for you if it loses any. LLM-DB dramatically lowers the storage costs over existing methods, while giving each executive in your company exactly the data they want to see. Try it today at [URL].
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How can I make the paint color purple from primary colors?
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By combining Red and Blue primary colors, you can make purple.
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Who is William B. Davis?
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William B. Davis is a Canadian actor. He was born in Toronto, Canada, on January 13, 1938. He is best known for his role of the Cigarette Smoking Man on "The X-Files."
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The United States has the most tornadoes of any country, nearly four times more than estimated in all of Europe then why does most death related to tornadoes occur in Bangladesh
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Tornadoes kill an average of 179 people per year in Bangladesh, the most in the world.Reasons for this include the region's high population density, poor construction quality, and lack of tornado safety knowledge.Other areas of the world that have frequent tornadoes include South Africa, the La Plata Basin area, portions of Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and far eastern Asia.
Tornadoes are most common in spring and least common in winter, but tornadoes can occur any time of year that favorable conditions occur.Spring and fall experience peaks of activity as those are the seasons when stronger winds, wind shear, and atmospheric instability are present.Tornadoes are focused in the right front quadrant of landfalling tropical cyclones, which tend to occur in the late summer and autumn. Tornadoes can also be spawned as a result of eyewall mesovortices, which persist until landfall.
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Reasons for this include Bangladesh high population density, poor construction quality, and lack of tornado safety knowledge.
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What is caffeine?
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Caffeine is a stimulant that people ingest in order to get a boost of energy. One of the most common forms of ingested caffeine is coffee. Caffeine gives you energy for a short while but it is often followed up with a feeling of being tired, sleepy or lethargic. People use caffeine as a performance enhancer, mood and brain booster and increased alertness.
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Complete this saying: The early birds get the ___"
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The saying is "The early bird gets the worm"
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What city in Ireland is the band U2 from?
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U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin, formed in 1976. The group consists of Bono (lead vocals and rhythm guitar), the Edge (lead guitar, keyboards, and backing vocals), Adam Clayton (bass guitar), and Larry Mullen Jr. (drums and percussion). Initially rooted in post-punk, U2's musical style has evolved throughout their career, yet has maintained an anthemic quality built on Bono's expressive vocals and the Edge's chiming, effects-based guitar sounds. Bono's lyrics, often embellished with spiritual imagery, focus on personal and sociopolitical themes. Popular for their live performances, the group have staged several ambitious and elaborate tours over their career.
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Dublin
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Given this paragraph about the climate in Fairmont, West Virginia, what was the coldest month in the city's history, and what was the average temperature during that month?
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Fairmont has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) with very warm summers and freezing winters. However, it is not uncommon during winter for warm air from the Gulf of Mexico to raise temperatures above 50 °F or 10 °C, which occurs on average six times each January and over eight in December and February. In contrast, when very cold air from Canada moves into West Virginia temperatures can go below 0 °F or −17.8 °C, which can be expected during 3.2 mornings each winter, but which occurred on twelve mornings during the extremely cold January 1977, whose average temperature of 16.0 °F or −8.9 °C was the coldest month on record by 4.0 °F or 2.2 °C. Despite the abundant precipitation throughout the year, the relative dryness of cold air means that most precipitation is rain even during the winter: the most snowfall in a month being 46.5 inches (1.18 m) is November 1950, and the most in a season 77.4 inches (1.97 m) between July 1950 and June 1951. The least snow in a season has been 12.0 inches (0.30 m) between July 1918 and June 1919, whilst the wettest calendar year has been 1956 with 58.12 inches (1,476.2 mm) and the driest – as with all of West Virginia – 1930 with 26.25 inches (666.8 mm). The hottest temperature has been 108 °F (42.2 °C) on August 8, 1918, and the coldest −21 °F (−29.4 °C) on January 21, 1994.
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January of 1977 was the coldest month in the history of Fairmont, West Virginia with an average of 16.0 degrees Farenheit.
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Who is Ramona Singer?
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Ramona Singer (née Mazur; born November 18, 1956) is an American television personality, businesswoman, and author. She is best known as a main cast member on the reality television series The Real Housewives of New York City, in which she has starred in the first 13 seasons from 2008 to 2021.
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Ramona Singer is best known as a Real Housewife of New York City. She was the founder of RMS Fashion and helped her husband Mario Singer start True Faith Jewelry, the couple has since divorced.
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What country was Frida Kahlo from and what career was she famous for?
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Frida Kahlo is a well known Mexican artist
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Where is the best place in the Bahamas to go on holiday?
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Given that there are direct flights to Nassau, this tends to be the focal point for US and British families to congregate for Spring break and the holiday periods. Nassau has 2 major resorts - the famous Atlantis, and the newer Baha Mar. Baha Mar allows you to use all 3 properties amenities regardless of where you are staying so is probably the best bet offering the most experiences and restaurants. It's also got it's own water park - Baha Bay.
For those looking to get off the beaten track - you cannot beat Eluthera, Harbour Island and the Exumas. Andros is the largest of the islands, and offers a gorgeous resort Kamalame Key. Top tip is to hire a boat captain to see some of the outer islands- Exumas, Rose Island, Green Key etc.
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Where is Rihanna from?
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The artist known as Rihanna was born on the island of Barbados.
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Can I run MacOS on a Windows PC?
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Yes. If you are building or upgrading your own personal computer, you can download and install the latest version of the Mac OS from Apple's website. The Mac OS installer will install the operating system on your computer and make it ready for use.
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Why is the Pacific ocean typically cold off of the West Coast of the United States?
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The primary ocean current along the West Coast of the United States is often referred to as the "California Current" and follows a clockwise pattern, bringing cold water from the Gulf of Alaska southeasterly, where it eventually meets the beaches of Washington, Oregon and California.
The further south you go typically the warmer it gets so while surfers may be out in a thick wetsuit in June in San Francisco you may well see surfers and swimmers from Santa Barbara southward in shorts or a spring suit.
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Give an example of places where astronauts are trained?
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Meteor Crater is a popular tourist destination with roughly 270,000 visitors per year. The crater is owned by a family company, the Barringer Crater Company. Meteor Crater is an important educational and research site. It was used to train Apollo astronauts and continues to be an active training site for astronauts. The Meteor Crater Visitor Center sits on the north rim of the crater. It features interactive exhibits and displays about meteorites and asteroids, space, the Solar System, and comets including the American Astronaut Wall of Fame and such artifacts on display as an Apollo boilerplate command module (BP-29), a 1,406 lb (638 kg) meteorite found in the area, and meteorite specimens from Meteor Crater that can be touched. Formerly known as the Museum of Astrogeology, the Visitor Center includes a Discovery Center & Space Museum, a movie theater, a gift shop, and observation areas with views inside the rim of the crater. Guided tours of the rim are offered daily, weather permitting.
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Meteor Crater a tourist destination is one of the places where astronauts are trained.
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How many professions did John Dassow have
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John Dassow, Jr. (August 10, 1845 – October 8, 1917) was an American farmer, manufacturer, and politician.
Born in what is now Mecklenburg, Germany, Dassow emigrated with his parents, in 1861 to the United States and settled on a farm in the town of Sheboygan Falls, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. In 1864 and 1865, Dassow served in the 30th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the American Civil War. Dassow was a farmer and owned the Sheboygan County Mills. He was also involved with cheese factories and the real estate business. Dassow served on the Sheboygan County Board of Supervisors and was chairman of the county board. He was also treasurer of the local school board. In 1893, Dassow served in the Wisconsin State Assembly and was a Democrat. In 1917, Dassow died at his house in the town of Sheboygan Falls from ill health.
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What side of the road do pedestrians walk on?
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In India, the cars and vehicles keep left and pedestrians are encouraged to walk on the right. This is so the pedestrians can see oncoming traffic. In the USA, all traffic, vehicles and pedestrian, usually stick to the right.
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What kind of method is Transfer printing
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Transfer printing is a method of decorating pottery or other materials using an engraved copper or steel plate from which a monochrome print on paper is taken which is then transferred by pressing onto the ceramic piece. Pottery decorated using the technique is known as transferware or transfer ware.
It was developed in England from the 1750s on, and in the 19th century became enormously popular in England, though relatively little used in other major pottery-producing countries. The bulk of production was from the dominant Staffordshire pottery industry. America was a major market for English transfer-printed wares, whose imagery was adapted to the American market; several makers made this almost exclusively.
The technique was essential for adding complex decoration such as the Willow pattern to relatively cheap pottery. In particular, transfer printing brought the price of a matching dinner service low enough for large numbers of people to afford.
Apart from pottery, the technique was used on metal, and enamelled metal, and sometimes on wood and textiles. It remains used today, although mostly superseded by lithography. In the 19th century methods of transfer printing in colour were developed.
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How was the universe created?
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The Big Bang event is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature. Various cosmological models of the Big Bang explain the evolution of the observable universe from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale form. These models offer a comprehensive explanation for a broad range of observed phenomena, including the abundance of light elements, the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, and large-scale structure. The overall uniformity of the Universe, known as the flatness problem, is explained through cosmic inflation: a sudden and very rapid expansion of space during the earliest moments. However, physics currently lacks a widely accepted theory of quantum gravity that can successfully model the earliest conditions of the Big Bang.
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We can't know for sure but a popular theory called the Big Bang suggests that the universe was created from an infinitesimally small point of infinite energy some four and a half billion years ago.
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Who wrote Vande Mataram poem?
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Vande Mataram is a poem written in sanskritised Bengali by Bankim Chandra Chatterjee. The poem was first published in 1882 as part of Chatterjee's Bengali novel Anandmath.
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When will we go interplanetary?
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Humans already have successful missions to other planets. There are project that are in progress across world that should put humans in Mars in next decade. If you ask me, I am already in Mars and attempting to go intergalaxy.
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Given this paragraph about a Civil Rights Leader, tell me when they were born, their occupation, and a famous accomplishment.
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Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. A Black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr., King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through nonviolence and civil disobedience. Inspired by his Christian beliefs and the nonviolent activism of Mahatma Gandhi, he led targeted, nonviolent resistance against Jim Crow laws and other forms of discrimination in the United States.
King participated in and led marches for the right to vote, desegregation, labor rights, and other civil rights. He oversaw the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott and later became the first president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As president of the SCLC, he led the unsuccessful Albany Movement in Albany, Georgia, and helped organize some of the nonviolent 1963 protests in Birmingham, Alabama. King was one of the leaders of the 1963 March on Washington, where he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The civil rights movement achieved pivotal legislative gains in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Fair Housing Act of 1968.
The SCLC put into practice the tactics of nonviolent protest with some success by strategically choosing the methods and places in which protests were carried out. There were several dramatic standoffs with segregationist authorities, who frequently responded violently. King was jailed several times. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) director J. Edgar Hoover considered King a radical and made him an object of the FBI's COINTELPRO from 1963 forward. FBI agents investigated him for possible communist ties, spied on his personal life, and secretly recorded him. In 1964, the FBI mailed King a threatening anonymous letter, which he interpreted as an attempt to make him commit suicide.
On October 14, 1964, King won the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance. In 1965, he helped organize two of the three Selma to Montgomery marches. In his final years, he expanded his focus to include opposition towards poverty, capitalism, and the Vietnam War. In 1968, King was planning a national occupation of Washington, D.C., to be called the Poor People's Campaign, when he was assassinated on April 4 in Memphis, Tennessee. His death was followed by national mourning, as well as anger leading to riots in many U.S. cities. King was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1977 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 2003. Martin Luther King Jr. Day was established as a holiday in cities and states throughout the United States beginning in 1971; the federal holiday was first observed in 1986. Hundreds of streets in the U.S. have been renamed in his honor, and King County in Washington was rededicated for him. The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was dedicated in 2011.
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Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) was born January 15, 1929. He was an American Baptist Minister and activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolent resistance in October 14, 1964.
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Who painted the ‘Girl with the Pearl Earring’ and the ‘Milkmaid’?
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The ‘Girl with the Pearl Earring’ and the ‘Milkmaid’ were painted by Johannes Vermeer.
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How can I learn to code?
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There are thousands and thousands of resources online that you can use to learn how to code. It can seem overwhelming to take the first step. A good way to learn is to start with a small, easy project (eg: adding 2 numbers and showing the result) and build on it. Important to keep in mind is coding languages are just languages. So there is a structure and a set of rules to them. Once you start getting a feel for this, it gets easier to learn more quickly. In fact, coding languages are much simpler than languages we humans use to talk to each other :)
Depending on how you learn best, you can start with your favorite search engine and/or video app to find a good starting point to start learning coding. Have fun !
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Who is Solveig Margrete Fiske
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Solveig Margrete Fiske (born 26 October 1952) is a theologian and bishop emerita in the Church of Norway, serving as the bishop of Hamar between 2006 and 2022, when she retired.
Originally from Frei in Møre og Romsdal, she graduated from the Free Faculty of Theology (now the MF Norwegian School of Theology) in 1980, and completed her practical examinations there in 1981. She briefly worked as a consultant for the Church Council in 1981, followed by an assignment to the parish in Elverum as a chaplain between 1982 and 1994. In 1994, she became the parish priest in Løten, a position she held for 12 years.
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Solveig Margrete Fiske (born 26 October 1952) is a theologian and bishop emerita in the Church of Norway, serving as the bishop of Hamar between 2006 and 2022, when she retired.
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In which movie or plot the character vedimuthu was established
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London is a 2005 Indian Tamil-language comedy-drama film written by Badri and directed by Sundar C. Bhaskaran hides the money before getting arrested, and the place is known only to his lawyer Vedimuthu. Aishwarya pretends to be in love with Vedimuthu to find where the money is hidden.
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Vedimuthu character was potrayed by Vadivelu and become famous for his comic potrayal of act of love with mistress Aishwarya (potrayed by mumtaz) and getting caught in the act to his wife Baby(potrayed by Nalini).
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What is a lakehouse?
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A lakehouse is a new, open architecture that combines the best elements of data lakes and data warehouses.
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Name the famous place in Italy which was flooded for the 6th time in the last 1200 years.
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Saint Mark's Square in Venice
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What did Allen Iverson mean when he said: "We talking about practice"?
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Allen Iverson, the star player for the Philadelphia 76ers basketball team, made this quote in a media session at the end of a disappointing season. Members of the media asked Iverson some questions about his work ethic and his dedication to practice, and he responded with rant that includes this quote, which has become a meme used to accuse someone of not being as dedicated to their craft as they could be.
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how would you start explaining mathematics to kids?
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There are many ways to start thinking and talking about mathematics with your kids. Here are three simple but effective ideas:
1. Start counting objects around the house
2. Play dice games
3. Point to shapes. You can talk with your kids about the shapes you see around you
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Given this paragraph about the human brain, how does my brain know that I'm touching something hot?
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The human brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system. The brain consists of the cerebrum, the brainstem and the cerebellum. It controls most of the activities of the body, processing, integrating, and coordinating the information it receives from the sense organs, and making decisions as to the instructions sent to the rest of the body. The brain is contained in, and protected by, the skull bones of the head.
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Humans process information from the various sensory systems via the central nervous system. The nerves in your hand are integral to your sense of touch. When your fingers touch something hot, the nerves in your hand quickly transmit that information through the nervous system to the central nervous system. After processing an electrochemical signal up through the spine, the sensory signal is eventually received in the human brain. The brain takes action and, in this case, initiates an instinctual retraction of the hand.
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