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What is the capital of Arkansas? | Little Rock is the capital | open_qa | 11,251 |
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Battles between England and Scotland | Given the paragraph about battles between England and Scotland, which battles occurred between both countries | The Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland fought dozens of battles with each other. They fought typically over land, and the Anglo-Scottish border frequently changed as a result. Prior to the establishment of the two kingdoms, in the 10th and 9th centuries, their predecessors, the Northumbrians, Picts and Dal Riatans, also fought a number of battles. Major conflicts between the two parties include the Wars of Scottish Independence (1296–1357), and the Rough Wooing (1544–1551), as well as numerous smaller campaigns and individual confrontations. In 1603, England and Scotland were joined in a "personal union" when King James VI of Scotland succeeded to the throne of England as King James I. War between the two states largely ceased, although the Wars of the Three Kingdoms in the 17th century, and the Jacobite risings of the 18th century, are sometimes characterised as Anglo-Scottish conflicts. | closed_qa | 11,252 |
Given a reference text about Derby Museum and Art Gallery, tell me when the it was established and what the gallery contains. | Derby Museum and Art Gallery is a museum and art gallery in Derby, England. It was established in 1879, along with Derby Central Library, in a new building designed by Richard Knill Freeman and given to Derby by Michael Thomas Bass. The collection includes a gallery displaying many paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby; there is also a large display of Royal Crown Derby and other porcelain from Derby and the surrounding area. Further displays include archaeology, natural history, geology, military collections and world cultures. The Art Gallery was opened in 1882. | The Derby Museum and Art Gallery was established in 1879 and includes a gallery with many paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby and other displays with archaeology, natural history, geology, military collections, and world cultures. | closed_qa | 11,254 |
What instrument plays the part of the duck in the musical composition, "Peter and the Wolf" | An oboe plays the part of the duck in this well-known orchestra piece. | open_qa | 11,255 |
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What is an audible? | An audible is a football term for changing the play call on the fly. A quarterback will read the defense and the coverage and will make a determination if the play called will be an effective one. If they decide the play will not work well against what the defense is showing they will call an audible to a play with a higher probability of success. | general_qa | 11,257 |
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Who is the toughest teenage mutant ninja turtle? | Whilst all the ninja turtles are training martial artists, who is actually the toughest is a subjective opinion. However, Raphael is normally portrayed as the most aggressive and toughest fighter due to his more aggressive demeanour and attitude. All are capable fighters, but Raphael is probably the one who would be the hardest to defeat. | general_qa | 11,260 |
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What is the origin of orange wine? | Orange wine was first introduced in Georgia and it dates thousands of years back. It is a variant of white wine where the skin grapes are not removed after crushing the grapes. Instead, the skins are left to ferment with the grape juice, similarly to red wine. The style of skin-contact white wine was adopted by Italian and Slovenian winemakers, after visiting Georgia. It then spread to other European countries.
Skin-fermented white wines were common up until the 1960s, when fresh white wines started to dominate the market.
The term orange wine was coined only in 2004 by a British wine importer.
In Georgia skin-contact white wine is historically known as amber wine. | open_qa | 11,262 |
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Who is the white rapper that sings 'Thrift Shop'? | macklemore | open_qa | 11,266 |
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Is brazilian jiu jitsu good for self defense? | Brazilian Jiujitsu, or BJJ, is known as the gentle art in martial arts. BJJ can be practiced in two modalities: Sport BJJ and the other as self defense. Sport BJJ is competitive and based on a point system based on a competitor being awarded a number of points based on advancing to a more advantageous position. Alternatively, a competitor may immediately win the match by submission. When BJJ is used in self defense, the goal is usually to subdue an attacker. Since BJJ is mostly grappling from the ground, it can be a highly effective practice for self defense as many street fights end up on the ground. While many of the techniques are intended to immobilize an opponent, it can be less effective if the opponent has an unfair advantage such as the use of a weapon. Practicing BJJ routinely will prepare the practitioner mentally for physical combat which can be advantageous in a self defense scenario. Another reason BJJ can be viewed as good for self defense is that there are techniques that can work well for different body types that level the playing field for even smaller or weaker opponents. If both opponents are trained in BJJ, size and strength can become a larger factor. Routine training can also lead to increased physical fitness as classes can be quite rigorous and physically demanding. Some may argue that more ruthless martial arts are intentionally designed for self defense and therefore may be more effective. | general_qa | 11,267 |
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What is Swift? | Swift is a powerful and intuitive programming language for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, and watchOS. | open_qa | 11,268 |
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What does Touch Typing refer to? | Touch typing (also called blind typing, or touch keyboarding) is a style of typing. Although the phrase refers to typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys—specifically, a touch typist will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory—the term is often used to refer to a specific form of touch typing that involves placing the eight fingers in a horizontal row along the middle of the keyboard (the home row) and having them reach for specific other keys. (Under this usage, typists who do not look at the keyboard but do not use home row either are referred to as hybrid typists.) Both two-handed touch typing and one-handed touch typing are possible. | Touch typing refers to typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys | closed_qa | 11,271 |
Q: What do I do if I get a rash or other reaction to hand sanitizer? What do I do if I have been exposed to contaminated hand sanitizer? | A: Call your doctor if you experience a serious reaction to hand sanitizer. People who have been exposed to contaminated hand sanitizer and are experiencing symptoms should seek immediate medical treatment for potential reversal of toxic effects.
The FDA encourages consumers and health care professionals to report adverse events experienced with the use of hand sanitizers to the FDA’s MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program:
Complete and submit the report online; or
Download and complete the form, then submit it via fax at 1-800-FDA-0178.
Include as much information as you can about the product that caused the reaction, including the product name, the manufacturer, and the lot number (if available).
See Q&A for Consumers: Hand Sanitizers and COVID-19 and Safely Using Hand Sanitizer for more information. | general_qa | 11,273 |
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In a website browser address bar, what does “www” stand for? | World Wide Web | open_qa | 11,275 |
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Given the reference text below about Larry Bird, tell me where he was born, what he did for a living, and who his greatest professional rival was. | Larry Joe Bird (born December 7, 1956) is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and executive in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Hick from French Lick" and "Larry Legend", Bird is widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time. He is the only person in NBA history to be named Rookie of the Year, Most Valuable Player, Finals MVP, All-Star MVP, Coach of the Year, and Executive of the Year. Growing up in French Lick, Indiana, he was a local basketball star. Highly recruited, he initially signed to play college basketball for coach Bob Knight of the Indiana Hoosiers, but Bird dropped out after one month and returned to French Lick to attend a local community college. The next year he attended the smaller Indiana State University, ultimately playing three years for the Sycamores. Drafted by the Boston Celtics with the sixth overall pick in the 1978 NBA draft after his second year at Indiana State, Bird elected to stay in college and returned for the 1978–1979 season. He then led his team to an undefeated regular season. The season finished with a national championship game match-up of Indiana State against Michigan State and featured a highly anticipated match-up of Bird against Michigan State great Magic Johnson, thus beginning a career-long rivalry that the two shared for over a decade.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Bird | Larry Bird was born in French Lick. He played and coached basketball for a living, and his main rival was Magic Johnson. | closed_qa | 11,276 |
What is the Willow Project? What is it's significance an how could this change the world we live in? | The Willow Project, approved in late 2022 is a large scale oil drilling project that will take place in Alaska, on federal land known as The National Petroleum Reserve. the goal of this project is to take advantage of Alaska's primary source of income, drilling, to help generate revenue and produce around 180,000 barrels of oil for the US government. In addition to these benefits, this project contributes to a major problem in today's world: climate change. the drilling of oil releases about 287 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, further speeding up the effect of climate change. The animals residing there --some of which are endangered-- will lose their natural habitats and destroy ecosystem potentially causing harm worldwide. As the country becomes more dependent on the use of non renewable energy, the short window of time left to weaken the effects of climate change is coming to a close. Inevitably this will lead to irreversible changes that will endanger the one place we call home. | general_qa | 11,277 |
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What is a group of bunnies called? | A group of bunnies is called a fluffle. | open_qa | 11,280 |
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I have some vermouth and bitters. What cocktails can I make with those ingredients? | You can add whiskey to your vermouth and bitters to make a manhattan. Alternatively, if you have gin you can mix dry vermouth to make a martini or combine with sweet vermouth and Campari to make a negroni. | open_qa | 11,282 |
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Given a reference text about the Build Back Better Plan, what are the 3 parts that make up the plan? | The Build Back Better Plan or Build Back Better agenda was a legislative framework proposed by U.S. president Joe Biden between 2020 and 2021. Generally viewed as ambitious in size and scope, it sought the largest nationwide public investment in social, infrastructural, and environmental programs since the 1930s Great Depression-era policies of the New Deal.
The Build Back Better plan was divided into three parts:
American Rescue Plan (ARP), a COVID-19 pandemic-relief bill;
American Jobs Plan (AJP), a proposal to address long-neglected infrastructure needs and reduce America's contributions to destructive effects of climate change; and
American Families Plan (AFP), a proposal to fund a variety of social policy initiatives, some of which (e.g., paid family leave) had never before been enacted nationally in the U.S.
The first part was passed as the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and was signed into law in March 2021. The other two parts were reworked into different bills over the course of extensive negotiations. Aspects of the AJP's infrastructure goals were diverted into the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was signed into law in November 2021. Other AJP priorities (e.g., climate change remediation, home health care reform, etc.) were then merged with the AFP to form the Build Back Better Act. The bill passed the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives but struggled to gain the support of Democrats Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona in the evenly divided Senate, with unified Republican opposition. Manchin and Sinema negotiated the reduction of Build Back Better Act's size, scope, and cost significantly with Biden and Democratic congressional leaders, but Manchin, widely viewed as the key swing vote needed to pass the bill in the Senate, ultimately rejected it over the procedural tactics used. Continued negotiations between Manchin and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer eventually resulted in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which was signed into law in August 2022, and incorporated some of the Build Back Better Act's climate change, healthcare, and tax reform proposals while excluding its social safety net proposals. | The three components of the Build Back Better plan are:
- American Rescue Plan
- American Jobs Plan
- American Families Plan | closed_qa | 11,285 |
Given the paragraph about Independence Day, the Thirteen Colonies were not free from which Monarch? | Independence Day (colloquially the Fourth of July) is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
The Founding Father delegates of the Second Continental Congress declared that the Thirteen Colonies were no longer subject (and subordinate) to the monarch of Britain, King George III, and were now united, free, and independent states. The Congress voted to approve independence by passing the Lee Resolution on July 2 and adopted the Declaration of Independence two days later, on July 4.
Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, political speeches, and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrating the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independence Day is the national day of the United States. | The monarch of Britain, King George III | closed_qa | 11,293 |
Who explored New World? | Christopher Columbus | open_qa | 11,294 |
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Given this paragraph about Lady Gaga, which album did "Bloody Mary" appear on? | "Bloody Mary" is a song by American singer Lady Gaga recorded for her second studio album Born This Way (2011). Gaga, Fernando Garibay, and Paul "DJ White Shadow" Blair wrote and produced it; Clinton Sparks also received producer credit. "Bloody Mary" is an electropop song with elements of synth-pop and trance, and features Gregorian chants. Although the song's title is an epithet mostly associated with the English queen Mary Tudor, Gaga assumes the role of biblical figure Mary Magdalene in its lyrics, whom she considered a "feminine force" she had worshiped since her childhood in a Catholic girls school. It is one of several tracks on the album with religious themes. | Born this Way (2011) | closed_qa | 11,295 |
What is a humility? | Humility is the quality of being humble. Dictionary definitions accentuate humility as a low self-regard and sense of unworthiness. In a religious context humility can mean a recognition of self in relation to a deity (i.e. God), and subsequent submission to that deity as a member of that religion. Outside of a religious context, humility is defined as being "unselved", a liberation from consciousness of self, a form of temperance that is neither having pride (or haughtiness) nor indulging in self-deprecation. | open_qa | 11,296 |
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How do I get to Juneau, Alaska? | You really only have two options, by boat or by plane. No roads lead directly to Juneau, Alaska, due to the surrounding geography. Many cruise ships visit Juneau during summer, which is how it receives most of its visitors. | general_qa | 11,298 |
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Why does sand get firmer when it is wet? | Sand is made up of tiny grain particles that are largely oval or flat. When they get wet, the particles can more easily move around and align, which packs them more tightly together. | open_qa | 11,300 |
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What is the largest city in North America? | The largest city in North America by population is Mexico City. | open_qa | 11,302 |
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Why are dogs called dogs? | About seven centuries ago, the word hound, which came from the Old English hund, was the word for all domestic canines. Dog was just used to refer to a subgroup of hounds that includes the lovely but frequently slobbering mastiff.
Of course, the opposite is now true. We use dog to talk about all of man’s best friends, from lovable golden retrievers to panting chow chows. And hound is now used to indicate a type of dog used just for hunting. Hound especially refers to a dog with a long face and large, droopy ears. Linguists still speculate about the reversal of fortune for hound and dog. One idea suggests that the sub-breed known as dogs became so populous that dog simply became the generic term (sort of an animal equivalent of the way brand names can become so ubiquitous that they start to be used as a general term for their purpose). | open_qa | 11,304 |
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What is the most popular sport in Canada? | The most popular sport in Canada is ice hockey. It is also the national sport of Canada. | open_qa | 11,306 |
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Why did the Sahara experience a period of rapid desertification? | The size of the Sahara has historically been extremely variable, with its area rapidly fluctuating and at times disappearing depending on global climatic conditions. At the end of the Ice ages, estimated to have been around 10,500 BCE, the Sahara had again become a green fertile valley, and its African populations returned from the interior and coastal highlands in sub-Saharan Africa, with rock art paintings depicting a fertile Sahara and large populations discovered in Tassili n'Ajjer dating back perhaps 10 millennia. However, the warming and drying climate meant that by 5000 BCE, the Sahara region was becoming increasingly dry and hostile. Around 3500 BCE, due to a tilt in the earth's orbit, the Sahara experienced a period of rapid desertification. The population trekked out of the Sahara region towards the Nile Valley below the Second Cataract where they made permanent or semi-permanent settlements. A major climatic recession occurred, lessening the heavy and persistent rains in Central and Eastern Africa. Since this time, dry conditions have prevailed in Eastern Africa and, increasingly during the last 200 years, in Ethiopia. | Sahara experienced a period of rapid desertification due to a tilt in the earth's orbit. | closed_qa | 11,307 |
What is a block chain? | A block chain is in the most basic terms a ledger that is used for recording transactions in a network. Some of the most popular block chains are etheryum, and bitcoin. The idea when you purchase cryptocurrency is you make a new transaction in the blockchain and your transaction gets a copy of every single transaction prior to yours from the general ledger. Everything is trackable this way and every token can be accounted for. Nothing will ever get lost. | open_qa | 11,309 |
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What is the best way to understand event based data? | The best way to understand event based data depends on the particular questions you're trying to answer. If you're looking for overall trends in data, then counting the data, perhaps grouped by time frames and another logical grouping, then graphing the resulting time series works best. If instead you're trying to understand how the data is broken down into groups, selecting a time frame as a filter and then visualizing the groups with a heat map or scatter chart may work better. | general_qa | 11,310 |
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Why did the Soviet Union collapse? | There are a multitude of reasons for the collapse of the Soviet Union. But historians have generally narrowed it down to the following major causes:
Rise of ethnic nationalism in Soviet Republics: After decades of suppressing national identities, ethnic groups began asserting their nationality and demanded greater autonomy and political power. This resulted in numerous riots and protests throughout the Soviet Union with demands for independence and national self-determination.
Economic stagnation and fall of oil prices: The centrally planned economic model resulted in massive shortages of staple consumer products. Shops were continually empty and Soviet citizens needed to wait in long lines to purchase basic goods. After years of economic deprivation, Soviet citizens were deeply angry at their government. In addition, oil prices declined significantly in the late 1980s, which provided the Soviet government a key source of hard currency. This it made it difficult for the Soviet government to sustain high levels of military spending and keep the economy functioning.
Perestroika and Glasnost: Gorbachev's reforms of the 1980s were intended to reinvigorate the Soviet economy. However, they unintentionally triggered an opening of debate throughout the country. The increased freedoms allowed people to more openly criticize the government and demand changes.
Afghanistan and Chernobyl: In the late 1980s, two events symbolized the incompetence of the Soviet government. The failure of the Afghanistan war resulted in a loss of confidence in the Soviet military. The Chernobyl disaster revealed the incompetence and duplicity of the Soviet regime, resulting in a further erosion of trust. | general_qa | 11,311 |
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What is GMROI? | GMROI is short for Gross Margin Return on Investment. It's a metric used in retail to quantify the profitability of your purchased inventory. The formula for it can be simplified to: Gross Margin / Average Cost of Inventory. | general_qa | 11,314 |
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What's loquat fruit and where does it originate from? | The loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) is a large evergreen shrub or tree, grown commercially for its orange fruit and for its leaves, which are used to make herbal tea. It is also cultivated as an ornamental plant.
The loquat is in the family Rosaceae, and is native to the cooler hill regions of south-central China. In Japan the loquat is known as biwa (枇杷, びわ), and has been grown for over 1,000 years. The loquat has been introduced to regions with subtropical to mild temperate climates throughout the world.
Eriobotrya japonica was formerly thought to be closely related to the genus Mespilus, and is still sometimes mistakenly known as the Japanese medlar. It is also known as Japanese plum and Chinese plum, as well as pipa in China, naspli in Malta, lukaat in India, lucat or loket in Sri Lanka, níspero in Spain, nêspera in Portugal, shések in Israel, akidéné in Lebanon, ebirangweti in Kisii, nespolo in Italy (where the name is shared with Mespilus germanica), and golabi jangali (jungle pear) in Iran. | general_qa | 11,315 |
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Where can I go to find out where my polling place is in Wisconsin so that I know where I can vote? | The MyVote.wi.gov site has several resources to help Wisconsin voters. One resource allows you to enter in your address, and based on that address, it will show you the address of your polling place, along with a Google map to help you to navigate to it. Polling places are often changed, so it is a good idea to verify where your polling place is before each election. It can be very frustrating to wait in line at a polling place to vote, only to find out once you get to check-in that you are at the wrong site and have to another polling site where you might have to wait again. This website is provided by the Wisconsin Elections Commission, which is a bipartisan commission charged with implementing Wisconsin's election statutes. | general_qa | 11,316 |
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What high school did Washington Governer Jay Inslee attend? | Ingraham High School | open_qa | 11,317 |
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Booker Prize 2021 was given to Damon Galgut for | The Promise | open_qa | 11,323 |
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Is Scala a good programming language? | There are some pluses to Scala: it is statically typed, it has a lot of syntactic sugar that allows you to write very compact code, it is inter-operable with Java so you can use any Java library that exists. However there are plenty of downsides:
- there's too many ways to do the same thing (for example "a.b" is the same as "a b")
- there's often entire sub-languages that spin out (e.g., when doing shell manipulation), and it's hard to understand these obscure sub-languages
- there is a breaking upgrade from Scala 2 to Scala 3, which means that Scala 2 people are stuck with it, without improvements. | general_qa | 11,324 |
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When is Original Joe's Day in San Francisco? | San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee declared January 26 as "Original Joe's Day". | January 26 | closed_qa | 11,328 |
What is the major source of income in Ethiopia and why its important? | Agriculture is the backbone of the economy and the main source of livelihood for the majority of the population. However, traditional agricultural practices have led to soil degradation and deforestation. Farmers in Ethiopia often rely on a few staple crops, such as teff, wheat, and maize, which are grown repeatedly on the same plot of land without proper rotation or replenishment of soil nutrients (International Labour Organization). This leads to reduced yields, which can make it difficult for farmers to produce enough food to feed their families and earn a living. Deforestation, which is also a major problem, has been driven by the need for more land to grow crops. Ethiopia has one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, with an estimated loss of 1.1 million hectares of forest every year (World Bank). | open_qa | 11,329 |
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Which first indian movie won oscars and what category | The first indian movie to won oscars is RRR. It is a south indian Tollywood Movie directed by SS Rajamouli and acted by Jr NTR and Ram Charan in main leads. The song Naatu Naatu has won the Oscar for music director Keeravani with lyrics by Chandrabose | open_qa | 11,331 |
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What do to if your cat starts drooling excessively? | Although excessively drooling could be a sign of your cat eating something distasteful, it could also be an underlying serious disease like teeth ache or poisoning, so be sure to seek out veterinary care as soon as possible. | general_qa | 11,332 |
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What are the benefits of the public cloud | The public cloud offers a global, standardized and harmonized infrastructure and networking environment. The cloud resources are operated by one of the large hyperscalers and are delivered over highly secure and reliable internet connections.
Benefits and advantages of the public cloud are:
- High reliability: a large network of servers ensure against failures. Hyperscalers operate in datacenter regions across the globe and in availability zones. You can store a copy of your data up to three times and apply highest standards of business continuity and disaster recovery
- Lower costs: there is no need to purchase hardware and software and run an on-premise datacenter. The environment is harmonized and new hardware will be released constantly to make sure a great TCO is applied and the current compute can be optimized frequently
- Services availability: create a new resource at any time with all the services being available. No provisioning of hardware and software and pay only when you use them
- Innovation: the services are always up to date and cutting edge to make sure your business can lead with innovation
- Scalability: resources are provided on-demand and scale almost unlimited to meet your business needs
- Shared responsibility: the service provider provides the maintenance and operates in a shared responsibility model
- PAYG: pay as you go and as you use the cloud services. No termination fees, no fixed and long-term binding contracts (unless you would like to save additional costs and sign a longer-term agreement with a cloud provider)
- Increased security: public cloud providers analyze trillions of signals every day and make sure the infrastructure is robust and highly secure against cyber attacks
- Trial and error: you can kick-off several new initiatives in parallel on a low-cost environment and stay flexible that if one of these projects fail, you will be able to shut down all the resources immediately
- Eco-system: public clouds offer a wide range of additional service providers and independent software vendors and make sure you can use best-of-breed products as you go. You can purchase it through a large marketplace and some of them are even available as first-party services
- M&A activities: if your business is involved in merger and acquisitions, a public cloud environment lets you organize all the resources in the cloud, merge and harmonize them and optimize the infrastructure environment
Data & AI: all your data can be aggregated in one place and service providers in the public cloud add artificial intelligence and machine learning services to help your business adapt and understand the next best action
There are many more benefits of using the public cloud. They come as you grow. | general_qa | 11,333 |
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Based on the paragraph below, name some authors outside of Latin America who employ magical realism in their work. | Magic realism or magical realism is a style of literary fiction and art. It paints a realistic view of the world while also adding magical elements, often blurring the lines between fantasy and reality. Magic realism often refers to literature in particular, with magical or supernatural phenomena presented in an otherwise real-world or mundane setting, commonly found in novels and dramatic performances.: 1–5 Despite including certain magic elements, it is generally considered to be a different genre from fantasy because magical realism uses a substantial amount of realistic detail and employs magical elements to make a point about reality, while fantasy stories are often separated from reality. Magical realism is often seen as an amalgamation of real and magical elements that produces a more inclusive writing form than either literary realism or fantasy.
The term magic realism is broadly descriptive rather than critically rigorous, and Matthew Strecher (1999) defines it as "what happens when a highly detailed, realistic setting is invaded by something too strange to believe." The term and its wide definition can often become confused, as many writers are categorized as magical realists. The term was influenced by a German and Italian painting style of the 1920s which were given the same name. In The Art of Fiction, British novelist and critic David Lodge defines magic realism: "when marvellous and impossible events occur in what otherwise purports to be a realistic narrative - is an effect especially associated with contemporary Latin-American fiction (for example the work of the Colombian novelist, Gabriel García Marquez) but it is also encountered in novels from other continents, such as those of Günter Grass, Salman Rushdie and Milan Kundera. All these writers have lived through great historical convulsions and wrenching personal upheavals, which they feel they cannot be adequately represented in a discourse of undisturbed realism", citing Kundera's The Book of Laughter and Forgetting as an exemplar. " Michiko Kakutani writes that "The transactions between the extraordinary and the mundane that occur in so much Latin American fiction are not merely a literary technique, but also a mirror of a reality in which the fantastic is frequently part of everyday life." Magical realism often mixes history and fantasy, as in Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, in which the children born at midnight on August 15, 1947, the moment of India's independence, are telepathically linked.
Irene Guenther (1995) tackles the German roots of the term, and how an earlier magic realist art is related to a later magic realist literature; meanwhile, magical realism is often associated with Latin-American literature, including founders of the genre, particularly the authors Gabriel García Márquez, Isabel Allende, Jorge Luis Borges, Juan Rulfo, Miguel Ángel Asturias, Elena Garro, Mireya Robles, Rómulo Gallegos and Arturo Uslar Pietri. In English literature, its chief exponents include Neil Gaiman, Salman Rushdie, Alice Hoffman, Nick Joaquin, and Nicola Barker. In Bengali literature, prominent writers of magic realism include Nabarun Bhattacharya, Akhteruzzaman Elias, Shahidul Zahir, Jibanananda Das and Syed Waliullah. In Japanese literature, one of the most important authors of this genre is Haruki Murakami. In Kannada literature, the writers Shivaram Karanth and Devanur Mahadeva have infused magical realism in their most prominent works. In Polish literature, magic realism is represented by Olga Tokarczuk, the 2018 Nobel Prize laureate in Literature. | While Latin American authors are most closely associated with magical realism, there are many others who adopt this style. Notable ones include Salman Rushdie, Neil Gaiman, Haruki Murakami and Olga Tokarczuk. | closed_qa | 11,335 |
Will immunity increase when you have pets like Dogs/Cats? | Mostly yes! immunity increases of humans with pets excluding the people with pet dander allergy. Thoughts to ponder for growing up kids who are exposed to pets build a higher level of immunity and resilience. Added to the unconditional LOVE the pet offers. | general_qa | 11,336 |
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What is Spot rate in finance? | This is the exchange rate for foreign−exchange transactions which are being done straightaway. | open_qa | 11,337 |
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Why do people travel to Puerto Rico? | Puerto Rico is an island in the Caribbean. Many travelers enjoy visiting the beach to relax or participate in water sports like surfing or jet skiing. Some enjoy visiting El Yunque, the only tropical rainforest in the U.S. National Park system. Others like to see old colonial architecture, such as forts like El Morro. | general_qa | 11,338 |
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What is the Gospel in the context of the Christian faith? | The Gospel is the foundation of the Christian faith and is detailed in Bible through the account of Jesus Christ's birth, earthly ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection. The core tenant of the Gospel is the separation of sinful people from a holy God. This sin required a perfect sacrifice for people to be brought back into relationship with God and entry to heaven. Jesus lived the perfect life that people could never live on their own, and died as a living sacrifice on our behalf. Now, whoever places their faith in Jesus as a free gift of grace is brought into right relationship with God and is considered to be saved, or born again. | open_qa | 11,339 |
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How do you? How do you plant flowers | To begin planting flowers, you will first dig a hole enough to fit a seed. Next you will cover it with dirt to fill the hole. finally pour some water over your covered up seed and over the next few days make sure that it gets tons of sunlight and water and watch your plant grow. | general_qa | 11,340 |
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How old is the Greek language? | The Greek language is the oldest language in Europe, spoken since 1450 years before Christ. Currently Greek is spoken in Greece, Albania and Cyprus. About 13 million people still speak Greek today and many in the greater diaspora. | open_qa | 11,344 |
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What kind of dog is a Bernedoodle? | A Bernedoodle is a dog that is a mix of two other types of dogs: a poodle and a bernese mountain dog. These two dogs are cross-bred to create the Bernedoodle, frequently to get the hair of the poodle rather than the coast of a Bernese. This means the dog does not shed and is hypoallergenic which makes for a much tidier house! | open_qa | 11,347 |
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Which three players have the most Masters Victories? | Jack Nicklaus with 6 victories in 1963, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1975, 1986
Tiger Woods with 5 victories in 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2019
Arnold Palmer with 4 victories in 1958, 1960, 1962, 1964 | open_qa | 11,348 |
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Why do people like playing video games? | Video games offer full immersion into a complex world where decisions and actions affect the state of the world and outcomes. With video games, a player can be racing classic cars on the beaches of Europe and then immediately be playing a wizard during medieval times. Video games not only stimulate the mind improving decision making skills and cognitive reasoning, but also strengthens digit dexterity and coordination. Additionally, the activity of playing video games is fun! Especially when it comes to multiplayer games; it's always fun to play with your friends. Personally, I like the stories that video games tell in such meticulous detail. | general_qa | 11,349 |
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Who developed the Black Swan theory? | The black swan theory or theory of black swan events is a metaphor that describes an event that comes as a surprise, has a major effect, and is often inappropriately rationalized after the fact with the benefit of hindsight. The term is based on an ancient saying that presumed black swans did not exist – a saying that became reinterpreted to teach a different lesson after they were discovered in Australia.
The theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb, starting in 2001, to explain:
1. The disproportionate role of high-profile, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations in history, science, finance, and technology.
2. The non-computability of the probability of consequential rare events using scientific methods (owing to the very nature of small probabilities).
3. The psychological biases that blind people, both individually and collectively, to uncertainty and the substantial role of rare events in historical affairs.
Taleb's "black swan theory" refers only to unexpected events of large magnitude and consequence and their dominant role in history. Such events, considered extreme outliers, collectively play vastly larger roles than regular occurrences. More technically, in the scientific monograph "Silent Risk", Taleb mathematically defines the black swan problem as "stemming from the use of degenerate metaprobability". | The black Swan Theory was developed by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in 2001. | closed_qa | 11,351 |
Who was responsible for creating Skynet? | Skynet is a fictional automated defense network in the Terminator movies. It's main creator is James Cameron, as he wrote and directed the first Terminator movie where Skynet was introduced. | open_qa | 11,354 |
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Who first recorded the weather? | It is believed that people in China made notes about wind, rain and snow onto pieces of tortoiseshell. Some evidence dates back to 3000 years, making the Chinese the first to record the weather. | open_qa | 11,361 |
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What has more caffeine between Coffee and Tea | While many teas do have caffeine like Green and Black, Coffee has about twice as much caffeine content. | open_qa | 11,362 |
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What and how should you feed your baby? | What to feed your baby depends on a number of factors ranging from their age, their health and your preferences. Typically, until your baby is 6 months old, their diet consists exclusively of breast milk or formula. Around 6 months old your baby may be able to start solids. You should consult your physician before modifying the diet of your baby. Some people choose to introduce solids with soft, mushy and simple foods like mashed bananas, avocados or rice cereal. Others will introduce whatever food is being served to the adults — this could be complex foods with spices such as fajitas, curries and hamburgers. Although young babies will rarely have teeth, their gums are very hard and can mash food. For example, a common early food is mini cucumber, which also may alleviate pains with teething. For how to feed your baby, there are two main categories with many variations in between 1/ Baby-led weaning 2/ Spoon fed. Baby-led does what it sounds like — the baby leads their own feeding. This is often done by the caregiver laying out a few foods (Soft, Mashable, Age-appropriate and safe — void of choking hazards) and letting the baby choose which foods to pick up and eat and how much. Spoon-fed means the caregiver is selecting the foods and feeding the baby. There is no right or wrong way to feed your baby. Consult a physician for tips and safety recommendations. | general_qa | 11,363 |
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Why is the primary form of travel in the United States personal vehicle rather than by mass transit? | One reason that mass transit isn't as popular in the United States is that many large cities were built with vehicles in mind thus leading to transportation optimized for vehicular transport. Another reason is that American citizens are much more tolerable or longer travel times, often traveling more than four hours just to visit friends and family in neighboring states. | general_qa | 11,365 |
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Given a reference text about the Battle of Thermopylae, tell me when the battle was fought, who the battle was between, how many Greek and Persian forces there were, how the Persian army was able to flank the Greek forces and who won the battle? | The Battle of Thermopylae (/θərˈmɒpɪliː/ thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn) was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an alliance of Greek city-states led by Sparta under Leonidas I. Lasting over the course of three days, it was one of the most prominent battles of both the second Persian invasion of Greece and the wider Greco-Persian Wars.
The engagement at Thermopylae occurred simultaneously with the Battle of Artemisium: between July and September 480 BC. The second Persian invasion under Xerxes I was a delayed response to the failure of the first Persian invasion, which had been initiated by Darius I and ended in 490 BC by an Athenian-led Greek victory at the Battle of Marathon. By 480 BC, a decade after the Persian defeat at Marathon, Xerxes had amassed a massive land and naval force, and subsequently set out to conquer all of Greece. In response, the Athenian politician and general Themistocles proposed that the allied Greeks block the advance of the Persian army at the pass of Thermopylae while simultaneously blocking the Persian navy at the Straits of Artemisium.
Around the start of the invasion, a Greek force of approximately 7,000 men led by Leonidas marched north to block the pass of Thermopylae. Ancient authors vastly inflated the size of the Persian army, with estimates in the millions, but modern scholars estimate it at between 120,000 and 300,000 soldiers. They arrived at Thermopylae by late August or early September; the outnumbered Greeks held them off for seven days (including three of direct battle) before their rear-guard was annihilated in one of history's most famous last stands. During two full days of battle, the Greeks blocked the only road by which the massive Persian army could traverse the narrow pass. After the second day, a local resident named Ephialtes revealed to the Persians the existence of a path leading behind the Greek lines. Subsequently, Leonidas, aware that his force was being outflanked by the Persians, dismissed the bulk of the Greek army and remained to guard their retreat along with 300 Spartans and 700 Thespians. It has been reported that others also remained, including up to 900 helots and 400 Thebans. With the exception of the Thebans, most of whom reportedly surrendered, the Greeks fought the Persians to the death.
Themistocles was in command of the Greek naval force at Artemisium when he received news that the Persians had taken the pass at Thermopylae. Since the Greek defensive strategy had required both Thermopylae and Artemisium to be held, the decision was made to withdraw to the island of Salamis. The Persians overran Boeotia and then captured the evacuated city of Athens. The Greek fleet—seeking a decisive victory over the Persian armada—attacked and defeated the invading force at the Battle of Salamis in late 480 BC. Wary of being trapped in Europe, Xerxes withdrew with much of his army to Asia, reportedly losing many of his troops to starvation and disease while also leaving behind the Persian military commander Mardonius to continue the Achaemenid Empire's Greek campaign. However, the following year saw a Greek army decisively defeat Mardonius and his troops at the Battle of Plataea, ending the second Persian invasion.
Both ancient and modern writers have used the Battle of Thermopylae as a flagship example of the power of an army defending its native soil. The performance of the Greek defenders is also used as an example of the advantages of training, equipment, and use of terrain as force multipliers. | The Battle of Thermopylae was fought in 480 BC. The battle was fought between the Persian Empire, led by Xerxes I, and a combination of allied Greek city-states led by Leonidas I of Sparta. There were approximately 7,000 Greek men led by Leonidas I and an estimated 120,000 - 300,000 Persian soldiers led by Xerxes I. The Persian army was able to outflank the Greek army because a local person named Ephialtes informed the Persians that there was an unguarded path that lead behind the Greek lines. The Greek army made one final stand but ultimately were unsuccessful and were over taken by the Persian army. | closed_qa | 11,368 |
Name five teams in the German Bundesliga. | Five teams in the German Bundesliga are Bayern Munich, Union Berlin, RB Leipzig, Dortmund, and Leverkusen. | open_qa | 11,369 |
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How much sleep should I get per night? | Adults 18+ should get at least 7 hours of sleep per night. This level of rest is proven to have a positive effect on productivity at work, happiness, and health. It also leads to better recovery for active individuals. Some tips to improve sleep quality include limiting screen time in bed, drinking water and not eating prior to bed, and aiming for 65 degrees Fahrenheit | general_qa | 11,371 |
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Should you buy a new or a used car? | You would firstly need to consider your budget and your appetite to borrow money, before you make a decision to buy a new or a used car. | open_qa | 11,372 |
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What are the four main types of debt securities? | Common types of debt securities include commercial paper, corporate bonds, government bonds, municipal bonds, and treasury bills/bonds. | open_qa | 11,375 |
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Why do you want to keep customers happy? | You can keep customers happy by putting an extreme focus on them. Your business should exist to serve the needs of your customer. You could also call this customer obsession. By focussing on them and keeping them happy you will reduce customer attrition and churn, and you will have a continuous source of revenue for years to come because these happy customers turn into repeat customers over and over. | open_qa | 11,376 |
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Give me a list of 5 neglected tropical diseases | Ascariasis,
Lymphatic filariasis,
Trypanosomiasis,
Leishmaniasis,
Onchocerciasis | open_qa | 11,377 |
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What is wheat? | Wheat starts off as a grass, and it is grown to collect its seeds. The grain seeds from wheat are often used in cereal, biscuits, crackers, bread, chips, pizza, pasta and pastries. Wheat is also given in its raw form to farm animals to help them grow and stay nourished. | open_qa | 11,378 |
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What is the fastest time control chess? | Bullet chess | open_qa | 11,379 |
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Why do the San Francisco 49ers play in Santa Clara, California? | The San Francisco 49ers originally played at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco before moving to Candlestick Park in 1971. When negotiations to build a new stadium fell apart they worked with the city of Santa Clara to build a new stadium which was located next to their training facilities. Because of brand recognition and close proximity, the decision was made to keep the name, San Francisco 49ers. | general_qa | 11,380 |
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Why did the chicken cross the road? | Chickens are complex beings, they are emotive and often let their emotions drive their actions. When a chicken crosses the road it’s likely because they're running away from something, or they’re just looking to get to the other side. | general_qa | 11,382 |
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How many species of Stingrays are there? | Stingrays are a group of sea rays, which are cartilaginous fish related to sharks. They are classified in the suborder Myliobatoidei of the order Myliobatiformes and consist of eight families: Hexatrygonidae (sixgill stingray), Plesiobatidae (deepwater stingray), Urolophidae (stingarees), Urotrygonidae (round rays), Dasyatidae (whiptail stingrays), Potamotrygonidae (river stingrays), Gymnuridae (butterfly rays) and Myliobatidae (eagle rays). There are about 220 known stingray species organized into 29 genera. | There are about 220 known stingray species organized into 29 genera. | closed_qa | 11,383 |
whats the total number of US senator? | 100 | open_qa | 11,384 |
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Why was Michael Jackson the "King of Pop"? | Michael Jackson dominated the pop music genre for decades. His music traveled worldwide and was a music sensation across the globe. He was famous since he was a young boy. He stunned the music world with trademark moves like the "moonwalk" and "robot" dance moves. | open_qa | 11,385 |
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which are the must-visit places in India? | Every state in India is famous for its heritage and diverse culture and tradition and thus has many things which make it a must-visit place. Very popular is the Taj Mahal in Agra. | open_qa | 11,388 |
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I am an odd number and if you take away a letter, I become even. What number am I? | I am the number seven. | open_qa | 11,389 |
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What is the potential hydrogen of water? | Alkaline is a water which has a potential hydrogen (ph) higher than 8.0. Water with a PH of 7.0 is distilled water, and water with a ph less than 7.0 is considered to be acidic. Alkaline water is supposed to be better for the body but you can argue that the acid in the stomach neutralizes the alkalinity so it doesn't have any health effect on the body. More research is needed to say whether or not alkaline water with a high PH is actually good for you. | general_qa | 11,390 |
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What is the Nehemiah Hubbard House | The Nehemiah Hubbard House is a historic house at the corner of Laurel Grove and Wadsworth Street, Middletown, Connecticut. Built in 1745, it is a center-chimney colonial style house built of clapboard siding and brownstone foundation with wood shingle roof; using a structural system of wood frame, post and beam with gable roof. It was built as a residence which is its current use. | open_qa | 11,391 |
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What is cross-country skiing? | Cross-country (or "nordic") skiing, as opposed to downhill skiing, refer to the winter snow sport where the participant travels across relatively flat ground without the assistance of a chairlift or other machine aid in getting uphill. There are three main categories of cross-country ski available: classic, skate and touring, all of which come with specialized types of skies. Classic cross-country skiing involves a striding technique in which the skier keeps their skis parallel to each other and is best done in a narrow, groomed track. Skate skiing is considered more challenging to learn and involves a skiing technique that resembles the motion of ice skating and roller blading. Skate skiers also typically use a groomed trail but it is wider and smoother than the narrow grooves for classic skiing. Touring skis allows skiers to most easily ski off the trails on top of snow that has not been groomed. | general_qa | 11,392 |
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What are common titles for the executives of large companies? | Common titles for executives of large companies include:
- Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
- Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
- Chief Legal Officer (CLO)
- Chief Product Officer (CPO) | open_qa | 11,394 |
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What is longer, 5 pounds or 10 kilograms? | Unfortunately, I can't answer that question. Pounds and kilograms are both units of weight, not of length. | open_qa | 11,395 |
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Given this reference text about the history of statistics, what was the earliest publican of writing on statistics? | Formal discussions on inference date back to Arab mathematicians and cryptographers, during the Islamic Golden Age between the 8th and 13th centuries. Al-Khalil (717–786) wrote the Book of Cryptographic Messages, which contains one of the first uses of permutations and combinations, to list all possible Arabic words with and without vowels. Al-Kindi's Manuscript on Deciphering Cryptographic Messages gave a detailed description of how to use frequency analysis to decipher encrypted messages, providing an early example of statistical inference for decoding. Ibn Adlan (1187–1268) later made an important contribution on the use of sample size in frequency analysis.
The earliest writing containing statistics in Europe dates back to 1663, with the publication of Natural and Political Observations upon the Bills of Mortality by John Graunt. Early applications of statistical thinking revolved around the needs of states to base policy on demographic and economic data, hence its stat- etymology. The scope of the discipline of statistics broadened in the early 19th century to include the collection and analysis of data in general. Today, statistics is widely employed in government, business, and natural and social sciences. | The earliest publication containing statistics is Natural and Political Observations upon the Bills or Mortality by John Graunt. | closed_qa | 11,397 |
Why are dogs better than cats for a person's physical health? | Dogs keep their owners more active by needing to go for walks/runs, socialization, getting into garbage so the owner never fully gets to relax, etc. Cats just chill and mind their business, and do not require walks or park time. | open_qa | 11,398 |
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What is economics? | Economics is the study of the ALLOCATION of SCARCE resources to meet UNLIMITED
human wants. | open_qa | 11,399 |
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What is the difference between laser cutting and 3D printing? | 3D printing is an additive technique while laser cutting is subtractive. In a 3D printer, the material gets heated up and extruded through a nozzle, forming three-dimensional objects. In contrast, a laser cutter cuts two-dimensional plates. For this, a laser burns away parts of the material. Thus, laser cutting can only produce two-dimensional shapes. However, it is much faster than 3D printing. | open_qa | 11,400 |
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per this reference text about Delaware Route 16, how many times does the road change between being a divided highway and undivided? | In Saint Johnstown, the road becomes a divided highway and DE 36 splits from DE 16 by heading to the northeast on Shawnee Road. DE 16 soon becomes undivided again and continues east through agricultural areas and woods with some residences, crossing Toms Dam Branch and running through the community of Owens. Farther east, the road passes through the community of Oakley and crosses West Branch Gum Branch and then Gum Branch. The route comes to an intersection with US 113 near a few businesses, where it is briefly a divided highway. Past this intersection, the name changes to Milton Ellendale Highway and the two-lane undivided road enters the town of Ellendale, where it becomes Main Street. In Ellendale, DE 16 runs past several homes, crossing the Delmarva Central Railroad's Indian River Subdivision line at-grade. The road leaves the town and becomes Milton Ellendale Highway again, turning southeast. The route heads through woodland and farms, running immediately to the north of the Delmarva Central Railroad's Milton Industrial Track line. DE 16 turns east away from the railroad tracks and comes to an intersection with DE 30. At this point, DE 5 Alternate (DE 5 Alt.), which runs south along DE 30, heads east along with DE 16. The road reaches the town of Milton, where it passes homes and businesses. DE 16 comes to an intersection with DE 5, where DE 5 Alt. ends and the road name changes to Broadkill Road. The route leaves Milton and continues into farmland with a few residences, turning to the northeast. The road intersects DE 1 and passes north of a golf course before it runs through a mix of farms and woods with some homes. DE 16 turns east and northeast through marshland within the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge before crossing Broadkill Sound and reaching the community of Broadkill Beach. Here, the route intersects Bay Shore Drive before ending at a dead end on the Delaware Bay. | DE Route 16 changes 3 times between divided and undivided highways per the information provided. | closed_qa | 11,404 |
Who won the 1998-99 UEFA Champions League? | UEFA Champions League is Europe's premier club football tournament. During 1998-99 season the English club Manchester United played against the German Bayern Munich in the final. The competition was won by Manchester United coming back from a goal down in the last two minutes of injury time. Bayern Munich was defeat 2-1. Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored United's goals for Manchester United. | general_qa | 11,405 |
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From this summary of Captain Ginyu's role in the series Dragon Ball, how many times did Captain Ginyu switch bodies? | Captain Ginyu (ギニュー隊長, Ginyū-Taichō) is a horned purple-skinned humanoid who is the leader of the Ginyu Force. He is shown to be the most tactically skilled, as he deduced that Goku was masking his true power level by simply watching him fight. After seeing Goku's increased power level when using the Kaio-ken, Ginyu inflicts a near-fatal injury on himself,[ch. 285, 286] before using his technique that allows him to switch bodies with anyone, leaving Goku with Ginyu's nearly dead body.[ch. 286, 287] As Goku, Ginyu momentarily deceives Krillin but has trouble fighting Krillin and Gohan when he realizes that he can not fully control Goku's power.[ch. 288, 289] Ginyu then tries to switch into Vegeta's body, but Goku intervenes getting his body back, and when Ginyu tries again, he switches bodies with a Namekian frog Goku throws in the way.[ch. 290] In Dragon Ball Super, Ginyu is revealed to have survived Namek's destruction and escaped to Earth, though he is still trapped in the frog's body. He takes the opportunity to swap bodies with one of Frieza's soldiers named Tagoma, but is killed by Vegeta shortly afterward. Ginyu is voiced by Hideyuki Hori in the original series and Katsuyuki Konishi in Kai. In English, he is voiced by Richard Newman in the Ocean dub, Dale Kelly in Funimation's original dub, Brice Armstrong in their redub, and by Robert Bruce Elliott in Kai. | Captain Ginyu switches bodies 4 times in the Dragon Ball series. Captain Ginyu first switched bodies with Goku and back. Then Captain Ginyu switched bodies a Namekian frog, then in Dragon Ball Super, he switched bodies with one of Frieza's soldiers named Tagoma, and is promptly killed by Vegeta. | closed_qa | 11,410 |
Tell me a joke | I am a generative model. I do not understand humor to be able to compose jokes. | general_qa | 11,413 |
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Given these paragraphs about a well-known Scottish University of some import, tell me specific details about when and where it was founded, what it's most well known for, and who are some of its most famous alumni. | The University of Edinburgh (Scots: University o Edinburgh, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter of King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in 1583, it is one of Scotland's four ancient universities and the sixth-oldest university in continuous operation in the English-speaking world. The university played an important role in Edinburgh becoming a chief intellectual centre during the Scottish Enlightenment and contributed to the city being nicknamed the "Athens of the North." Edinburgh is ranked among the top universities in the United Kingdom and the world.
Edinburgh is a member of several associations of research-intensive universities, including the Coimbra Group, League of European Research Universities, Russell Group, Una Europa, and Universitas 21. In the fiscal year ending 31 July 2022, it had a total income of £1.262 billion, of which £331.6 million was from research grants and contracts. It has the third-largest endowment in the UK, behind only Cambridge and Oxford. The university has five main campuses in the city of Edinburgh, which include many buildings of historical and architectural significance such as those in the Old Town.
Edinburgh is the seventh-largest university in the UK by enrolment and receives over 75,000 undergraduate applications per year, making it the second-most popular university in the UK by volume of applications. Edinburgh had the eighth-highest average UCAS points amongst British universities for new entrants in 2020. The university continues to have links to the royal family, having had Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh as its chancellor from 1953 to 2010 and Anne, Princess Royal since March 2011.
The alumni of the university includes some of the major figures of modern history. Inventor Alexander Graham Bell, naturalist Charles Darwin, philosopher David Hume, and physicist James Clerk Maxwell studied at Edinburgh, as did writers such as Sir J. M. Barrie, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, J. K. Rowling, Sir Walter Scott, and Robert Louis Stevenson. The university counts several heads of state and government amongst its graduates, including three British Prime Ministers. Three Supreme Court Justices of the UK were educated at Edinburgh. As of January 2023, 19 Nobel Prize laureates, four Pulitzer Prize winners, three Turing Award winners, and an Abel Prize laureate and Fields Medalist have been affiliated with Edinburgh as alumni or academic staff. Edinburgh alumni have won a total of ten Olympic gold medals. | The University of Edinburgh is based out of Edinburgh, Scotland founded by the royal charter of King James the 6th in 1582, officially opening for students in 1583. The University of Edinburgh is famous for being the sixth oldest University in the English-speaking world and the seventh largest by enrollment in the United Kingdom where Scotland resides today. A top public research university often nicknamed the "Athens of the North" whose famous alumni were pivotal in contributing to the Scottish Enlightenment, the University of Edinburgh is known as one of the top-ranked universities in the United Kingdom. With such esteemed alumni as Alexander Graham Bell, Charles Darwin, and David Hume not to mention famous authors such as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and J.K. Rowling, and even several heads of state in three British Prime Ministers. | closed_qa | 11,418 |
who is the worlds most popular cricketer? | Virat kholi is the worlds most popular cricketer with over 242 million instagram followers | general_qa | 11,419 |
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Name some birds that are commonly observed in Berkeley, CA. | In Berkeley, it is common to see hummingbirds, crows, mourning doves, steller’s jays, song sparrows, and California gulls. It’s also possible to observe a red-tailed hawk or a great horned owl. | open_qa | 11,420 |
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What kind of salt should I use while cooking? | The type of salt used in cooking may vary by recipe as well as intended purpose. Here are some suggestions for types of salt to use. For daily use in a typical salt shaker, iodized table salt is the most common as it is processed to be free-flowing and fits through most salt shaker lids with ease. For brining and during the cooking process most chefs and cooks will choose to only use kosher salt due to it’s flake size and consistency across recipes but they will typically choose one particular brand and stick with it. For finishing a dish with salt, chefs will also choose a large crystal sea salt usually pyramid shaped as it delivers a satisfying crunch and flavor to the final dish. Himalayan pink salt has also become popular for use as a finishing salt. | general_qa | 11,421 |
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Who did Donald's grandfather body guard for? | Ross was born in Nairn, in Middlesex County, Ontario, the son of Donald Ross and Margaret Halbert. His grandfather was part of Duke Wellington's body guard at Waterloo, and was an escort to Napoleon Bonaparte on his exile to St. Helena. Ross was educated at Nairn Public School, and moved to Manitoba in 1874, where he worked on the first telegraph line. In 1877, he established a real estate business. Ross served on the Winnipeg City Council for eight years, the Winnipeg School Board for twenty-three years, and the Winnipeg Public Parks Board for eleven years. In 1880, he married Margaret McIvor. | Donald's grandfather was a body guard for Duke Wellington. | closed_qa | 11,424 |
Given a reference text about the 35th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night, tell me who won the best actor award. | The 35th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night was held on May 6, 1988 at the Manila Hotel Fiesta Pavilion in the Philippines, honoring the best films of 1987.
Saan Nagtatago ang Pag-ibig won the most awards with four wins including the most coveted FAMAS Award for Best Picture Three people were elevated to the "Hall Of Fame" status after winning their respective categories five times. They were Fernando Poe Jr. for best actor, Augusto Salvador for editing and George Canseco for musical score. This is the second time for Canseco who was earlier inducted to the Hall of Fame for winning five time in the Theme Song Category. | Fernando Poe Jr. won the best actor award at the 35th Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards Night. | closed_qa | 11,429 |
Given this paragraph about Eric Clapton, what solo accomplishments help rank him as one of the most influential guitarists of all time? | Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist, and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. He ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time. | Inductee as a solo artist into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame;
Ranking 2nd in Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time;" Ranking 4th in Gibson's Top 50 Guitarists of All Time | closed_qa | 11,430 |
Define Part of Speech | In grammar, a part of speech or part-of-speech (abbreviated as POS or PoS, also known as word class or grammatical category) is a category of words (or, more generally, of lexical items) that have similar grammatical properties. Words that are assigned to the same part of speech generally display similar syntactic behavior (they play similar roles within the grammatical structure of sentences), sometimes similar morphological behavior in that they undergo inflection for similar properties and even similar semantic behavior. Commonly listed English parts of speech are noun, verb, adjective, adverb, pronoun, preposition, conjunction, interjection, numeral, article, and determiner.
Almost all languages have the word classes noun and verb, but beyond these two there are significant variations among different languages. For example:
Japanese has as many as three classes of adjectives, where English has one.
Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese have a class of nominal classifiers.
Many languages do not distinguish between adjectives and adverbs, or between adjectives and verbs.
Because of such variation in the number of categories and their identifying properties, analysis of parts of speech must be done for each individual language. Nevertheless, the labels for each category are assigned on the basis of universal criteria | open_qa | 11,431 |
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In the series A Song of Ice and Fire, who is the founder of House Oakheart? | John the Oak | open_qa | 11,432 |
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How much sleep is too much? | You can get as much sleep as you want. 7-8 hours is considered normal for adults. But everyone is different, some enjoy taking naps whenever available for an energy boost or just to get relaxed. You might suffer from narcolepsy if you fall asleep without warning anytime or anywhere. Go see a doctor in that case. | general_qa | 11,433 |
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Given this paragraph about Duchess Auguste of Württemberg, what happened to personal life? | On 17 March 1773, Auguste’s spouse succeeded as the 4th Prince of Thurn and Taxis. The marriage was at that point severely deteriorated. Auguste left Karl Anselm and settled in Paris. Rumours claimed that she lived with a lover. However, she was tormented by economical problems, ran out of funds and was hounded by creditors. | Auguste’s marriage was severely deteriorated and she had debt problems. | closed_qa | 11,434 |
What is IMAP? | Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) is a standard email retrieval protocol. It stores email messages on a mail server and enables the recipient to view and manipulate them as though they were stored locally on their device. | open_qa | 11,439 |
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How many cards are there is a standard deck of cards ? | A standard deck of cards contains fifty-two cards. The cards are divided in to four equal suits of thirteen cards, with the suits being Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs and Spades. The thirteen cards have different values on them, typically starting with a two and including a card for each number up to ten. There are also cards which show either a Jack, a Queen or a King, which nominally represent a value of eleven, twelve and thirteen respectively. The final card is known as an Ace, which represents a value of one, though in many card games it is considered the highest value card. The Heart and Diamond suits are coloured red while the Club and Spade suits are coloured black. | open_qa | 11,444 |
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