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What is Christianity? | Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.4 billion followers representing one-third of the global population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories, and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the Messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. | open_qa | 13,037 |
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Why is Falmouth, Massachusetts a great place to visit for vacation? | Falmouth, Massachusetts is located on Cape Cod, approximately 90 minutes south of Boston. Falmouth offers many activities for adults and children, including beaches, bike trails, shopping, dining, minor league baseball, maritime activities, fairs and ferries to Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. | general_qa | 13,039 |
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What is one Earth day? | One day on Earth is the time for the Earth to completely rotate on its axis. | open_qa | 13,042 |
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Which are the fastest animals on earth? | There are different ways to categorize which are the fastest animals on earth. The fastest animal in the entire animal kingdom is the peregrine falcon, reaching speeds of up to 389 km/h (242mph) in vertical flight when diving to hunt. The fastest land animal in the world is the cheetah, being able to run at speeds of up to 120.7 km/h (75mph). The fastest swimming animal in the world is the swordfish, reaching speeds of up to 98.27 km/h (60). In comparison, the current human speed record is 44.72 km/h (278mph) and was set by Usain Bolt. | open_qa | 13,043 |
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Given this paragraph about the city of Madrid, what are the main landmarks of the city? | While Madrid possesses modern infrastructure, it has preserved the look and feel of many of its historic neighbourhoods and streets. Its landmarks include the Plaza Mayor, the Royal Palace of Madrid; the Royal Theatre with its restored 1850 Opera House; the Buen Retiro Park, founded in 1631; the 19th-century National Library building (founded in 1712) containing some of Spain's historical archives; many national museums, and the Golden Triangle of Art, located along the Paseo del Prado and comprising three art museums: Prado Museum, the Reina Sofía Museum, a museum of modern art, and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, which complements the holdings of the other two museums. Cibeles Palace and Fountain has become one of the monument symbols of the city. | The main landmarks of Madrid include the Plaza Mayor, the Royal Palace, the Royal Theatre or the Retiro Park. Madrid also has many national museums, such as the Prado Museum, the Reina Sofia Museum or the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. | closed_qa | 13,049 |
What is the main tax benefit of a Roth IRA and 401K? | The main tax benefit of a Roth IRA and 401K is that realized gains from selling investments within the accounts are not taxed. | open_qa | 13,052 |
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What are some key factors to consider in choosing a place to live? | 1) Cost of living
2) Climate/weather
3) Access to quality healthcare
4) Access to quality education
5) Employment opportunities | open_qa | 13,053 |
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Who is the protagonist in Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities? | "The book explores imagination and the imaginable through the descriptions of cities by an explorer, Marco Polo. The book is framed as a conversation between the elderly and busy emperor Kublai Khan, who constantly has merchants coming to describe the state of his expanding and vast empire, and Polo. The majority of the book consists of brief prose poems describing 55 fictitious cities that are narrated by Polo, many of which can be read as parables or meditations on culture, language, time, memory, death, or the general nature of human experience.
Short dialogues between Kublai and Polo are interspersed every five to ten cities discussing these topics. These interludes between the two characters are no less poetically constructed than the cities, and form a framing device that plays with the natural complexity of language and stories. In one key exchange in the middle of the book, Kublai prods Polo to tell him of the one city he has never mentioned directly—h" | The book explores imagination and the imaginable through the descriptions of cities by an explorer, Marco Polo. | closed_qa | 13,055 |
Which party Sam Jones was part of? | Samuel Barry Jones (8 July 1923 – 26 January 1999) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly from 1965 until 1984 and a member of the ALP.
Early life
Samuel Barry Jones was born in Newcastle. He was the son of a steelworker and a brother of Charlie Jones. He was educated to intermediate level at Newcastle Boys' High School and trained as a fitter and turner. He was an office-holder in the Amalgamated Engineering Union.
Political career
Sam Jones joined the Labor Party in 1945 and served as vice president and secretary of Tighes Hill branch, vice president of Newcastle and Waratah State Electorate Councils and secretary of Newcastle Federal Electorate Council. | Sam Jones (Samuel Barry Jones) served as vice president and secretary of the Labor Party in 1945. | closed_qa | 13,058 |
Which are some famous cuisines from Rajasthan, India? | Rajasthan, whose name is derived from the phrase "Land of Kings," is renowned for its vibrant hues, rich culture, and the Thar Desert. Among other things, Rajasthani food is well renowned throughout the world. Both the availability of ingredients in a desert location and the residents' warlike lives had an impact. It was preferred to eat food that could be stored for a few days and didn't require heating. Water shortages and a lack of fresh, green vegetables have all had an impact on cooking.
Among the well-known Rajasthani recipes are
Red meat, also known as laal maas or ratto maans, is prepared with yogurt sauce and a unique variety of chiles called red Mathania chillies. Typically, this dish is extremely spicy and loaded with garlic. The royals and rajputs love this meal very much.
Dal Bati with Churma: This is Rajasthan's most well-known dish. Lentils are known as dal, baked wheat balls are known as bati, and sweetened cereal is known as churma. Popular churma is typically served with baatis and dal. It is made of crushed, coarsely powdered wheat that has been fried in ghee and sugar. Traditionally, it is produced by blending leftover rotis or baatis made of wheat flour with ghee and jaggery.
The five plant products ker, sangri, babul fali (kumatiya), gunda, and aamchur make up ker sangri. Since it contains a special combination of five components, it is also known as panchkuta. Ker is a berry that resembles a caper and grows on thorny shrubs in the desert. It has a tart flavor, which also makes it the ideal pickle ingredient. Sangri, on the other hand, are the khejri tree's bean-like pods. The acacia or babul tree's flat seeds are known as babul fali. | open_qa | 13,062 |
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What is the NBA All-Star game? | The NBA All-Star game is a mid-season game where the players who are voted as having the best seasons so far play against each other. | open_qa | 13,063 |
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Why Do We Need GIS? | GIS use has become mandatory in many settings. GIS are used to fight crime, protect endangered species, reduce pollution, cope with natural disasters, treat epidemics, and improve public health; GIS are instrumental in addressing some of our most pressing societal problems.GIS tools in aggregate save billions of dollars annually in the delivery of goods and services. GIS regularly helps in the day-to-day management of many natural and man-made resources, including sewer, water,power, transportation networks, and package delivery. GIS are at the heart of one of the most important processes in U.S. democracy, decadal redrawing of U.S. congressional districts, and hence the distribution of tax dollars and other government resources.GIS are needed in part because human consumption has reached levels such that many resources, including air and land, replacing substantial limits on human action.The first 100,000 years of human existence caused scant impacts on the world's resources, but in the past 300 years humans have permanently altered most of the Earth's Surface. The atmosphere and oceans exhibit a decreasing ability to benignly absorb carbon dioxide and nitrogen, two of humanity's primary waste products. Silt chokes many rivers, and there are abundant examples of smoke, ozone, or other noxious pollutants substantially harming public health. By the end of the 20th century, most lands south of the boreal region had been farmed, grazed,cut, built over, drained, flooded, or otherwise altered by humans. GIS help us identify and address environmental problems by providing crucial information on where problems occur and who are affected by them. GIS helps us identify the source, location, and extent of adverse environmental impacts, and may help us devise practical plans for monitoring, managing, and mitigating environmental damage.Human impacts on the environment have spurred a strong societal push for the adoption of GIS. Conflicts in resource use,concerns about pollution, and precautions to protect public health have led to legislative mandates that explicitly or implicitly require the consideration of geography. The U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA) is a good example. The ESA requires adequate protection of rare and threatened organisms. This entails mapping the available habitat and species range and migration patterns, relative to human land use.
GIS use is mandated in other endeavors, including emergency services, flood protection, disaster assessment and management, and infrastructure development.Public organizations have also adopted GIS because it aids in governmental functions. For example, emergency service vehicles are regularly dispatched and route using GIS. E911 GIS matches the caller's address to the nearest emergency service station, a route is generated based on the streetnetwork and traffic, and emergency crews dispatched in a fraction of the pre-GIS times.Many businesses adopt GIS for increased efficiency in the delivery of goods and services. Retail businesses locate stores based on a number of spatially related factors. Where are the potential customers?What is the spatial distribution of competing businesses? Where are potential new store locations? What are traffic flows near current stores, and how easy is it to park near and access these stores? GIS are also used in hundreds of other business applications, toroute vehicles, guide advertising, design buildings, plan construction, and sell real estate.The societal push to adopt GIS has been complemented by a technological pull in the development and application of GIS. Thousands of lives and untold wealth have been lost because ship captains could not answer the simple question, “Where am I?”Remarkable positioning technologies, generically known as Global Navigation SatelliteSystems (GNSS), are now indispensable tools in commerce, planning, and safety.The technological pull has developed on several fronts. Spatial analysis in particular has been helped by faster computers with more storage, and by the increased interconnectedness via mobile networks. Most real-world spatial problems were beyond the scope of all but the largest organization until the 1990s. GIS computing expenses are becoming an afterthought as costs decrease and performance increases at dizzying rates. Powerful field computers are lighter, faster,more capable, and less expensive, so spatial data display and analysis capabilities may always be at hand.In addition to the computing improvements and the development of GNSS, current “cameras” deliver amazingly detailed aerial and satellite images. Initially,advances in image collection and interpretation were spurred by World War II and then the Cold War because accurate maps were required, but unavailable.Turned toward peacetime endeavors, imaging technologies now help us map food and fodder, houses and highways, and most other natural and human-built objects. Images may be rapidly converted to accurate spatial information over broad areas. Many techniques have been developed for extracting information from image data, and also for ensuring this information faithfully represents the location, shape, and characteristics of features on the ground. Visible light,laser, thermal, and radar scanners are currently being developed to further increase the speed and accuracy with which we map our world. Thus, advances in these three key technologies — imaging, GNSS, and computing — have substantially aided the development of GIS. | general_qa | 13,065 |
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What are some of the best restaurants to try in Las Vegas, Nevada? | Carbone, Din Tai Fung, Bacchanal Buffet | open_qa | 13,066 |
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What is Autism Spectrum Disorder? | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability caused by differences in the brain condition and is characterized by difficulty with social communication and restricted, repetitive patterns of behaviour, interest, or activities.
Many children with high functioning autism (also known as Asperger's syndrome) have average or above average IQ. ASD affects men almost 4 times more than women, and is known to be more prevalent among people in technical professions such as engineering and physics. | general_qa | 13,067 |
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What country has the 2nd highest bungie jump in the world? | The Nevis bungie jump in Queestown, New Zealand is the seconds highest bungie jump in the world. It is considered world famous because travelers, including celebrities have taken the plunge. You freefall 134 meters in a canyon which offers about 5 - 7 seconds of freefall. The entire Lord of Rings cast has also done the Nevis bungie jump when they were filming the movie series in New Zealand. The Nevis bungie jump has an amazing safety track record and 0 deaths from the extreme sport they offer. | open_qa | 13,070 |
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What is gravel biking? | Gravel biking is riding mainly on unpaved roads, opening up large amounts of terrain, a standard road bike normally can't access. This is due to the tires being wider, with more volume and the frame geometry being more compliant and suited to rougher terrain. Gravel biking is the fastest growing cycling genre globally and has large high profile race events. | general_qa | 13,074 |
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What is a covalent bond? | A covalent bond is a bond where electrons are shared between atoms. An example of a covalent bond is H2O, or water. | open_qa | 13,076 |
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How can I change the type of a column? | Changing a column’s type or dropping a column requires rewriting the table. For an example, see Change column type. | general_qa | 13,078 |
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Given this paragraph about Charles Inglis, give answers to the following: his father's name, his colleague's name, and his grandfather's occupation. | Charles Inglis was the second son of Dr. Alexander Inglis (a general practitioner in Worcester) and his first wife, Florence, the daughter of newspaper proprietor John Frederick Feeney. His elder brother was the historian John Alexander Inglis FRSE Their father, Alexander Inglis was born in Scotland to a respectable family – his grandfather, John Inglis, was an Admiral in the Royal Navy and had captained HMS Belliqueux at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797.
Charles Inglis was born on 31 July 1875. He was not expected to survive and was hurriedly baptised in his father's drawing room; his mother died from complications eleven days later. His family moved to Cheltenham and Inglis was schooled at Cheltenham College from 1889 to 1894. In his final year, he was elected head boy and received a scholarship to study the Mathematics Tripos at King's College, Cambridge. Inglis was 22nd wrangler[nb 1] when he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1897; he remained for a fourth year, achieving first class honours in Mechanical Sciences. Inglis was a keen sportsman and enjoyed long-distance running, walking, mountaineering and sailing. At Cambridge, he nearly achieved a blue for long-distance running but was forced to withdraw from a significant race because of a pulled muscle. He was also a follower of the Cambridge University Rugby Union team, watching their matches at Grange Road.
After graduation, Inglis began work as an apprentice for the civil engineering firm of John Wolfe-Barry & Partners. He worked as a draughtsman in the drawing office for several months before being placed with Alexander Gibb, who was acting as resident engineer on an extension to the Metropolitan District Railway between Whitechapel and Bow. Inglis was responsible for the design and supervision of all thirteen bridges on the route. It was during this time that he began his lifelong study of vibration and its effects on materials, particularly bridges. | Alexander Inglis, Alexander Gibb, Admiral in the Royal Navy | closed_qa | 13,080 |
What is the history of olive oil? | Olive oil has long been a common ingredient in Mediterranean cuisine, including ancient Greek and Roman cuisine. Wild olives, which originated in Asia Minor, were collected by Neolithic people as early as the 8th millennium BC.[better source needed] Besides food, olive oil has been used for religious rituals, medicines, as a fuel in oil lamps, soap-making, and skincare application.[citation needed] The Spartans and other Greeks used oil to rub themselves while exercising in the gymnasia. From its beginnings early in the 7th century BC, the cosmetic use of olive oil quickly spread to all of the Hellenic city-states, together with athletes training in the nude, and lasted close to a thousand years despite its great expense. Olive oil was also popular as a form of birth control; Aristotle in his History of Animals recommends applying a mixture of olive oil combined with either oil of cedar, ointment of lead, or ointment of frankincense to the cervix to prevent pregnancy. | Besides food, olive oil has been used for religious rituals, medicines, as a fuel in oil lamps, soap-making, and skincare applications. | closed_qa | 13,081 |
What do you need for car camping? | I always pack a tent, sleeping bag, cot, and air mattress. The sleeping bag should be rated for the temperatures you expect, and the tent quality will matter more in rainy conditions. I also pack a camping stove and propane canister, along with a pot, pan, and mess kit. You'll need matches as well if your stove doesn't include a lighting mechanism. The campground will have a water spout, but I've found it convenient to bring a five gallon water container that we keep on the camp site. For a weekend trip, a few changes of clothes, a flashlight or headlamp, and a couple extra batteries will definitely come in handy. We bring folding chairs and wood if the camp site has a fire pit. A cooler with plenty of ice can keep ingredients cold for a weekend trip, and between hiking, cooking, setup and teardown, there's enough to do for a full weekend. | general_qa | 13,082 |
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I have a question regarding git. I first have a master branch, based on which i created a working branch called feature; we normally send pull request to merge the changes in feature branch to master branch. But then the team has renamed master branch to main, how should i deal with my feature branch, in order to sync with the new main branch and later pull request to merge the changes in feature to main branch instead of master branch. | Here is some suggestions to do this:
1. First create a local “feature” branch from the remote “feature” branch
git branch -u origin/feature feature
2. Merge the local “main” branch to the local feature branch
git checkout feature
git merge main
3. Resolve any conflicts, sync feature with main
4. Commit and push to remote feature
5. Create a pull request to merge from remote feature branch to remote main branch | general_qa | 13,084 |
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What are some of the most popular fantasy books from the last ten years? | Some of the most popular fantasy books from the last ten years include The Stormlight Archives series by Brandon Sanderson, the first of which is The Way of Kings, as well as the series A Song of Ice and Fire from George R.R. Martin, popularly known as A Game of Thrones due to both the first book in the series as well as the popular TV show based on the series. Other popular fantasy books include The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss, and, while certainly not written in the last ten years, The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien remains extremely popular. | open_qa | 13,086 |
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How do you play blackjack? | Blackjack or Twenty-One is a casino type game
Blackjack is the most widely played casino banking game in the world. It uses decks of 52 cards and descends from a global family of casino banking games known as Twenty-One where players bet against the dealer for hands as close to 21 as possible without going over. | open_qa | 13,089 |
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Why is it important to hug your child? | Hugs can help your child grow a healthy brain and body.
Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers need many different types of sensory stimulation for development. Skin contact or physical touch, like hugging and holding, are great ways to help your child grow a healthy brain and a strong body. | general_qa | 13,091 |
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What is CrossFit? | CrossFit is a workout program that was originally created by Greg Glassman in California. It focuses on high intensity constantly varied functional movements. People who do CrossFit go to CrossFit affiliated gyms to complete their workouts. The workouts are called WOD which stands for Workout Of the Day. These workouts vary in length, cardio intensity, and complexity of movements. CrossFit also combines elements of Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics, and traditional strength training. While CrossFit is an excellent way to get and stay in shape, it has received backlash from the media for the increased potential for injury that is also associated with the programming. Even with the media backlash, CrossFit has remained a popular syle of workout for those looking to get in shape. | open_qa | 13,092 |
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Why is gluten bad for weight loss | For centuries, gluten-free foods have provided people with protein, soluble fiber, and nutrients.
Gluten, especially gluten found in whole grains, is not bad for healthy people whose bodies can tolerate it.
It's common in bread, pasta, pizza, and cereal. Gluten provides no essential nutrients, and people with celiac disease have an immune reaction triggered by eating gluten.
But if you eat a gluten-free diet, you may make healthier food choices because you're more aware of how to read food labels. | general_qa | 13,093 |
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Who directed the most episodes of season seven of Game of Thrones? | Jeremy Podeswa, Mark Mylod, and Matt Shakman each directed two episodes of the seventh season of Game of Thrones. | open_qa | 13,094 |
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What is refinancing? | Refinancing is the replacement of an existing debt obligation with another debt obligation under a different term and interest rate. The terms and conditions of refinancing may vary widely by country, province, or state, based on several economic factors such as inherent risk, projected risk, political stability of a nation, currency stability, banking regulations, borrower's credit worthiness, and credit rating of a nation. In many industrialized nations, common forms of refinancing include primary residence mortgages and car loans. | open_qa | 13,097 |
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Based on this paragraph, how many churches are in the The Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland? | The Association of Baptist Churches in Ireland (ABC, ABCi and ABCI) is a Baptist Christian denomination based in Ireland. It is a group of 117 autonomous Baptist churches working together in fellowship and evangelism, training and caring ministries. The association only acts on behalf of the churches for the work which the churches have agreed to do together. | 117 | closed_qa | 13,098 |
Who is John Schneider | John Schneider is an actor, theatre director, playwright, and musician based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is currently the Arts and Entertainment Editor for the Shepherd Express and a theatre arts professor at Marquette University. | open_qa | 13,099 |
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Who was Hitler's mistress? | Eva Braun | open_qa | 13,102 |
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What is the capital of Texas? | Austin is the capital of Texas | open_qa | 13,106 |
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Where was the heaviest A single filmed? | "Nothing" is the first single by English rock band A released from their album Hi-Fi Serious. It reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart; to date, A's highest charting single. During the promotion of the single, the band appeared on Top of The Pops and the Pepsi Chart Show.
The promotional video for Nothing was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa, mostly around the Artscape Theatre Centre formerly known as the Nico Malan theatre complex, and features extras dressed in the same clothes as each band member - complete with band member masks - to create the illusion that there are hundreds of duplicates of the band.
"Nothing" is arguably the heaviest A single, marking something of a departure from the band's usual melodic pop punk to nu metal. It is track 1 on the album Hi-Fi Serious. A live version appears on the live album, Rockin' Like Dokken. | A's first hit single Nothing was filmed in Cape Town, South Africa. | closed_qa | 13,111 |
What is a modem? | A modem was a device that let computer connect to the internet over a dial-up connection. This connection is established and hosted through an ISP or Internet Service Provider. The three most common types of modem connection are dial-up, DSL, or cable. DSL was a lot faster than dial-up, and cable modem connection was the fastest. | open_qa | 13,113 |
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What is the difference between and instructional designer and an elearning developer? | Instructional designers and elearning developers both play an important role in creating learning experiences. Instructional designers typically establish learning objectives in partnership with stakeholders, then write content based on the learning objectives. Usually, these learning objectives are skills-based and rely on an instructional designer's expertise to appropriately level the content and create activities based on task, skill and gap analysis. The content and activities created by an instructional designer is documented inside of a storyboard. The elearning developer then takes the storyboard and creates an interactive learning experience in software like Storyline 360 or Adobe Captivate. They carefully read the storyboard to understand where content belongs and how activities should be built. Elearning developers are usually more "junior" than instructional designers, because it takes less independent decision-making and expertise to be successful in their role. | general_qa | 13,115 |
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Which is the second most populated state in India? | Maharashtra (/məhɑːˈrɑːʃtrə/; Marathi: [məhaɾaːʂʈɾə] (listen), abbr. MH or Maha) is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. Maharashtra is the second-most populous state in India and the second-most populous country subdivision globally. It was formed on 1 May 1960 by splitting the bilingual Bombay State, which had existed since 1956, into majority Marathi-speaking Maharashtra and Gujarati-speaking Gujarat. Maharashtra is home to the Marathi people, the predominant ethno-linguistic group, who speak the Marathi language, the official language of the state. The state is divided into 6 divisions and 36 districts, with the state capital being Mumbai, the most populous urban area in India, and Nagpur serving as the winter capital, which also hosts the winter session of the state legislature. Godavari and Krishna are the two major rivers in the state. Forests cover 16.47 per cent of the state's geographical area. Out of the total cultivable land in the state, about 60 per cent is used for grain crops in the Deccan region, rice in coastal Konkan, and other high rainfall areas. | Maharashtra | closed_qa | 13,116 |
How was the Beaune Altarpiece or The Last Judgement painted | The Beaune Altarpiece (or The Last Judgement) is a large polyptych c. 1445–1450 altarpiece by the Early Netherlandish artist Rogier van der Weyden, painted in oil on oak panels with parts later transferred to canvas. It consists of fifteen paintings on nine panels, of which six are painted on both sides. Unusually for the period, it retains some of its original frames.
Six of the outer panels (or shutters) have hinges for folding; when closed the exterior view of saints and donors is visible. The inner panels contain scenes from the Last Judgement arranged across two registers. The large central panel spans both registers and shows Christ seated on a rainbow in judgement, while below him, the Archangel Michael holds scales to weigh souls. The lower register panels form a continuous landscape, with the panel on the far proper right showing the gates of Heaven, while the entrance to Hell is on the far proper left. Between these, the dead rise from their graves, and are depicted moving from the central panel to their final destinations after receiving judgement. | open_qa | 13,117 |
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As of 2022, how many member states make up the European Union? | The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 member states that are signatories to the founding treaties of the union and thereby share in the privileges and obligations of membership. | 27 | closed_qa | 13,118 |
Based on the following paragraph on the current use of obsidian, what's the difference between obsidian scalpels and steel scalpels? | Obsidian can be used to make extremely sharp knives, and obsidian blades are a type of glass knife made using naturally occurring obsidian instead of manufactured glass. Obsidian is used by some surgeons[who?][example needed] for scalpel blades, although this is not approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use on humans. Well-crafted obsidian blades, like any glass knife, can have a cutting edge many times sharper than high-quality steel surgical scalpels: the cutting edge of the blade is only about three nanometers thick. All metal knives have a jagged, irregular blade when viewed under a strong enough microscope; however, obsidian blades are still smooth, even when examined under an electron microscope. One study found that obsidian incisions produced fewer inflammatory cells and less granulation tissue in a group of rats after seven days but the differences disappeared after twenty-one days. Don Crabtree has produced surgical obsidian blades and written articles on the subject. Obsidian scalpels may currently[when?] be purchased[by whom?] for surgical use on research animals. | Obsidian scalpels have a cutting edge that is many times sharper than a steel scalpel. In addition, obsidian scalpels have a smooth blade surface whereas all metal knifes have a jagged, irregular blade surface. | closed_qa | 13,119 |
What is protein purification? | Protein purification is a series of processes intended to isolate one or a few proteins from a complex mixture, usually cells, tissues or whole organisms. Protein purification is vital for the specification of the function, structure and interactions of the protein of interest. The purification process may separate the protein and non-protein parts of the mixture, and finally separate the desired protein from all other proteins. Ideally, to study a protein of interest, it must be separated from other components of the cell so that contaminants won't interfere in the examination of the protein of interest's structure and function. Separation of one protein from all others is typically the most laborious aspect of protein purification. Separation steps usually exploit differences in protein size, physico-chemical properties, binding affinity and biological activity. The pure result may be termed protein isolate. | open_qa | 13,123 |
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Why do humans like to drink water? | Drinking water satisfies thirst. Humans need to consume water to stay hydrated. If someone exercises, they may need to consume more water than the average person. In general, someone should aim to drink at least 8 glasses of water per day. This amount, plus any water consumed via fruits and vegetables should be enough to sustain a healthy lifestyle. | general_qa | 13,124 |
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What are some of the best books written by Indian Authors? | The God of Small Things, Train to Pakistan, The White Tiger, A Man with a White Shadow | open_qa | 13,125 |
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How large a cluster can Spark scale to? | Many organizations run Spark on clusters of thousands of nodes. The largest cluster we know has 8000 of them. In terms of data size, Spark has been shown to work well up to petabytes. It has been used to sort 100 TB of data 3X faster than Hadoop MapReduce on 1/10th of the machines, winning the 2014 Daytona GraySort Benchmark, as well as to sort 1 PB. Several production workloads use Spark to do ETL and data analysis on PBs of data. | general_qa | 13,126 |
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How do you give a good presentation? | There are several things you should think about if you'd like to give a good presentation.
1. Know your audience. If you use jargon or reference concepts that your audience doesn't understand, you may lose your audience's attention.
2. Pay attention to how your audience is reacting. Do they appear bored? Do they look confused? You can and should make adjustments to what you're presenting based on this real-time feedback.
3. Communicate clearly. You should make a deliberate attempt to speak clearly, and at a reasonable pace. You can think of an orator you admire, and channel their communication style.
4. Practice, practice, practice. Practicing the presentation beforehand can help your confidence. Even if you're extremely nervous, if you know the content of the presentation you're going to have more confidence than otherwise. Additionally, not having to spend as much conscious effort thinking about what content you need to say allows for more of your attention to be spent on some of the above suggestions, like ensuring you are communicating clearly and paying attention to your audience.
Through knowing your audience, paying attention to their reactions, communicating clearly and practicing, you can significantly increase your chances of giving a good presentation. | general_qa | 13,128 |
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What is the medical procedure PRP? | PRP stands for platelet enriched plasma. the patient's own blood is extracted, centrifuged, and the extracted plasma is reinjected at the target site. It is used to treat a variety of inflammation disorders and to encourage growth. It is not yet FDA approved, but has been shown to lead to statistically significant improvements in mobility and comfort. The mechanism of improvement is not understood, but it is hypothesized that growth factors from platelets are involved. PRP is used to treat joint inflammation, skin conditions, and hair loss. | general_qa | 13,131 |
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What is the wettest state in the US? | Hawaii – 63.70 inches of rain per year | open_qa | 13,133 |
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Why do we love social media so much? | Social media allows us to connect with other like-minded individuals more easily, and at a faster pace, than ever before. It also helps us find new interests while realizing that we might not be alone in our love of some particular topic or hobby. | general_qa | 13,134 |
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In the walk of fame, which star is on the wall? | Mohammad Ali | open_qa | 13,135 |
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What are the symptoms of Monkeypox? | Headache, fever, backache, muscle aches, chills, swollen lymph and rash on the skin | open_qa | 13,136 |
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Given the reference text below, what problem do Marbled newts' face? | The marbled newt is typically found in habitats characterized by hilly and forestry terrain, away from open and exposed areas. Marbled newts live in temporary habitats, such as ponds, that are subject to change depending on the climate conditions of the region. When rainfall is high and the temperature is lower, typically in the fall and winter months, adult marbled newts stay in the ponds. However, these shallow ponds are subject to drought in warmer spring and summer months, which forces the marbled newts to remain on land. Due to this constant change in the habitat conditions, marbled newts have the ability to adapt to different climatic conditions and habitat changes. | Marbled newt is forced to remain on the land due to droughts. | closed_qa | 13,137 |
What makes a good presentation in a workplace setting? | Effective presentations have a logical structure that is tailored to the audience. For example, a logical structure should begin by introducing the purpose of the presentation, then provide a detailed overview of the main ideas, and finish with the final thoughts. Tailoring to the audience is also important so the presenter ensures that the audience understand the basic concepts and so that the presenter can appeal to the interests of the audience. | general_qa | 13,140 |
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Given this paragraph about Atlantic Hall in Nigeria, how many students does it hold, where is located and when did it open? | Atlantic Hall is a private coeducational secondary school in Epe, Lagos State, Nigeria which holds about 600 students and is located about 70 kilometres from Lagos. It opened in 1989 in the Maryland area, Ikeja, Lagos State, with dormitories close to Eko Hospital Ikeja, before relocating to Poka Epe in the mid-nineties. Its landmark include Pobuna Junior and Senior High School with close proximity to Araga in Epe. | Atlantic Hall can hold 600 students, is located 70 kilometers from Lagos and was opened in 1989. | closed_qa | 13,141 |
What are the top 3 boba places in Burlingame, CA? | 1. Happy Lemon, 2. Tiger Tea, 3. Boba Guys, | open_qa | 13,142 |
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What would it take to build a house? | There are many things to consider before building a house. First, you will need to select a location and ensure that it meets the right criteria for a structure. Then you'll need to plan out what types of materials and how much money you'd like to spend. Once you have decided on location, material and budget then it's time to figure out what layout would best meet your needs. | general_qa | 13,143 |
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Where was Bob Dylan born | Duluth, Minnesota | open_qa | 13,151 |
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What is the meaning of "Nnedi" in Nnedi Okarafor's name? | Nnedimma Nkemdili Okorafor was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1974 to Igbo Nigerian parents who travelled to America in 1969 to attend school but purportedly could not return to Nigeria due to the Nigerian Civil War. Okorafor is the third child in a family of four children and grew up in Chicago, Illinois, and would often travel to Nigeria to spend her holidays with her extended family. Her first name is Igbo for "mother is good". | "Nnedi" is the short form of her full name "Nnedimma" which translates to "mother is good", in Nigerian Igbo language. | closed_qa | 13,153 |
Which one of the following objects is least like the others, and why?
Lemon, Car, Grass, Lime | A car is least like the others, because it is a man-made non-living object, while the rest are plants. | general_qa | 13,157 |
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What are the branches of the United States Government? | The branches of the United States Government are the Judicial, Legislative, and Executive. The Judicial Branch evaluates the laws, and is made of the Supreme Court and lower courts. The Legislative Branch makes the laws, and is made of the Senate and the House of Representatives. The Executive branch carries out and enforces the law, and is made of the President, Vice President, Cabinet, and several government agencies. | general_qa | 13,158 |
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Is it football or soccer that they play in the Netherlands? | In the Netherlands they play football. | open_qa | 13,159 |
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What is an API endpoint? | Endpoints are important aspects of interacting with server-side web APIs, as they specify where resources lie that can be accessed by third party software. Usually the access is via a URI to which HTTP requests are posted, and from which the response is thus expected. Web APIs may be public or private, the latter of which requires an access token.
Endpoints need to be static, otherwise the correct functioning of software that interacts with it cannot be guaranteed. If the location of a resource changes (and with it the endpoint) then previously written software will break, as the required resource can no longer be found at the same place. As API providers still want to update their web APIs, many have introduced a versioning system in the URI that points to an endpoint. | Endpoints specify where resources lie that can be accessed by third party software. Clients use endpoints to interact with server-side web APIs. | closed_qa | 13,161 |
Where is Tesla, Inc. headquarters? | Tesla, Inc. is an American multinational automotive and clean energy company headquartered in Austin, Texas. Tesla designs and manufactures electric vehicles (electric cars and trucks), battery energy storage from home to grid-scale, solar panels and solar roof tiles, and related products and services. Tesla is one of the world's most valuable companies and is, as of 2023, the world's most valuable automaker. In 2021, the company had the most worldwide sales of battery electric vehicles and plug-in electric vehicles, capturing 21% of the battery-electric (purely electric) market and 14% of the plug-in market (which includes plug-in hybrids). Through its subsidiary Tesla Energy, the company develops and is a major installer of photovoltaic systems in the United States. Tesla Energy is also one of the largest global suppliers of battery energy storage systems, with 3.99 gigawatt-hours (GWh) installed in 2021. | Austin, Texas | closed_qa | 13,162 |
How many provinces are there in the Netherlands | The Netherlands has 18 provinces. | open_qa | 13,165 |
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What is the largest American state by land mass? | Alaska is the largest state in the United States | open_qa | 13,166 |
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Given this paragraph about triathlon, who founded ironman | On Wednesday, September 25, 1974, the race started. It began with a run of a 4.8 km (3 mi) loop, followed by biking twice around Fiesta Island for a total of 8.0 km (5 mi). Entrants would then get off the bikes, take their shoes off and run into the water to swim to the mainland. That was followed by running in bare feet, then swimming again along the bay, then one last swim up to the entrance of Fiesta Island, and a final crawl up a steep dirt bank to finish. Most participants were not skilled swimmers, so Johnstone recruited his 13-year-old son to float on his surfboard and act as lifeguard. Some participants took longer than expected, and it began to get dark as they finished their swims. Shanahan recalls they pulled up a few cars and turned on the headlights so the athletes could see. Johnstone and Shanahan were surprised by the large number of entrants (46), mainly coming from local running clubs. Two notable entrants, Judy and John Collins, would four years later found the event which brought international attention to the new sport: the Hawaii Ironman | Ironman was founded by Judy and John Collins four years after the first known modern day triathlon on Wednesday, September 25th, 1974. | closed_qa | 13,169 |
Who is Pia Olsen Dyhr | Pia Olsen Dyhr (born 30 November 1971 in Vallensbæk, Copenhagen) is a Danish politician who has been a member of the Folketing for the Socialist People's Party since the 2007 general elections. Dyhr has served as Minister for Trade and Investment and later Minister of Transport in the first Helle Thorning-Schmidt Cabinet. Following her party's resignation from the cabinet, Dyhr was elected as chairman for the Socialist People's Party. | open_qa | 13,171 |
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what is a project milestone? | A project milestone is one group of milestones that have been achieved that help to get a project or use case completed and in production. Milestones are important and help show a project is on track and in budget. Project milestones are also a checkpoint to see if you need to recycle to a different phase of a project or take a different direction too. | open_qa | 13,176 |
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Who wrote the novel Tom Jones in 1749 | Henry Fielding | open_qa | 13,177 |
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Given this paragraph, what method of scientific study did Edmund Selous champion? | Edmund Selous started as a conventional naturalist, but developed a hatred of the killing of animals for scientific study and was a pioneer of bird-watching as a method of scientific study. He was a strong proponent of non-destructive bird-study as opposed to the collection of skins and eggs. | Edmund Selous was a pioneer of bird-watching as a method of scientific study. | closed_qa | 13,178 |
what are non-fungible token | A non-fungible token (NFT) is a unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, that is recorded in a blockchain, and that is used to certify ownership and authenticity. The ownership of an NFT is recorded in the blockchain and can be transferred by the owner, allowing NFTs to be sold and traded. NFTs can be created by anybody, and require few or no coding skills to create. NFTs typically contain references to digital files such as photos, videos, and audio. Because NFTs are uniquely identifiable assets, they differ from cryptocurrencies, which are fungible | open_qa | 13,181 |
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Who designed the St. John the Baptist, Blackrock church? | St. John the Baptist, Blackrock is a Roman Catholic church in the parish of Blackrock, Ireland. The church is still in use and named after the Saint John the Baptist. It is located on Temple Road, Blackrock, County Dublin.
The church was designed by the architect Patrick Byrne, who was educated at the Dublin Society Schools. It is one of the finest examples of the Gothic revival style in Ireland and was the first to be built in the Dublin Archdiocese. It is said to be inspired by the ideas of Augustus Welby Pugin (1812-1852).
The initial building consisted of the nave, chancel and bell tower. To the rear of the church, two carved heads can be seen up high on either side of the rose window. The head on the left depicts St. John the Baptist, while the head on the right depicts the Archbishop Daniel Murray. | Patrick Byrne | closed_qa | 13,182 |
Who is raiden shogun? | Raiden Shogun is used to refer to Janpanese General. Nowadays she is more referred to a character in Genshin Impact, a popular action role-playing game developed by miHoYo. She is a playable Electro character and also the current Electro Archon of Inazuma1. The Raiden Shogun is unique as she is comprised of two beings in one body: Ei, the current Electro Archon of Inazuma; and the Shogun, the puppet created by Ei to act as the ruler of Inazuma in her stead, which also serves as her vessel. With the might of lightning at her disposal, she commits herself to the solitary pursuit of eternity. | open_qa | 13,186 |
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What are the names of all Depeche Mode albums? | Speak & Spell, released in 1981.
A Broken Frame, released in 1982.
Construction Time Again, released in 1983.
Some Great Reward, released in 1984.
Black Celebration, released in 1986.
Music for the Masses, released in 1987.
Violator, released in 1990.
Songs of Faith and Devotion, released in 1993.
Ultra, released in 1997.
Exciter, released in 2001.
Playing the Angel, released in 2005.
Sounds of the Universe, released in 2009.
Delta Machine, released in 2013.
Spirit, released in 2017.
Memento Mori, released in 2023. | open_qa | 13,189 |
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What is the biggest planet from the solar system? | Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, and slightly less than one one-thousandth the mass of the Sun. Jupiter is the third brightest natural object in the Earth's night sky after the Moon and Venus, and it has been observed since prehistoric times. It was named after Jupiter, the chief deity of ancient Roman religion. | Jupiter is the largest plant in the Solar system with a surface of 120 times the earth | closed_qa | 13,190 |
What was Mark Twain's actual name? | Samuel Langhorne Clemens was known the pen name Mark Twain, a nom de plume he coined to reflect his time as a river boat pilot. On the Mississippi in the 1800's it was common to measure river depth in terms of 6 foot increments demarcated on a rope by knots. Thus, when the river was of depth 12 feet, or two fathoms, the boatmen would call out, "Mark Twain" indicating the second of two knots was submerged. | open_qa | 13,194 |
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How old was Dominik Volek when he made his Czech Extraliga debut? | Dominik Volek (born January 12, 1994) is a Czech professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for HC Sparta Praha of the Czech Extraliga.
Volek made his Czech Extraliga debut playing with HC Sparta Praha during the 2014–15 Czech Extraliga season. Volek is the son of former New York Islanders forward David Volek. | Dominik Volek was 20 years old. He debuted in 2014 and was born in 1994, so 2014-1994 = 20. | closed_qa | 13,197 |
What does the term March Madness refer to in college basketball? | March Madness is another name for the NCAA tournament, which is a single-elimination basketball tournament that takes place each year in the month of March among the 64 (plus two additional "play-in" team) selected as the top teams by a tournament committee. | open_qa | 13,198 |
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What is the law of sines? | In geometry, the law of sines is a formula to find the triangle measurements based on knowing two angles and a side of it | open_qa | 13,199 |
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Who was the second man to set foot on the moon | Buzz Aldrin. He was also the first person to hold a religious ceremony on the Moon when he privately took communion. | open_qa | 13,201 |
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Where is Tiger Woods from? | Cypress, California | open_qa | 13,202 |
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Given this paragraph about Zoom, where is the company based and when was the Zoom software released? | Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (commonly shortened to Zoom, and stylized as zoom) is a communications technology company headquartered in San Jose, California. It provides videotelephony and online chat services through a cloud-based peer-to-peer software platform used for video communications (Meetings), messaging (Chat), voice calls (Phone), conference rooms for video meetings (Rooms), virtual events (Events) and contact centers (Contact Center), and offers an open platform allowing third-party developers to build custom applications on its unified communications platform (Developer Platform). The company was founded in 2011 by Eric Yuan, a former Cisco engineer and executive. It launched its software in 2013. | Zoom Video Communications, Inc is based in San Jose, California. The software launched by the company was released in 2013. | closed_qa | 13,204 |
What is a pyroclastic flow? | A pyroclastic flow comes is created from a volcano that blasts out part of volcanic mountain into the sky. It is a mixture of very hot volcanic rock, gases, ash and other trace elements that travels at hundred of miles per hour down the side of the volcanic mountain. If you are in the way of a pyroclastic flow there is no escape and your life is in immense danger because of their temperature and mobility. It is best to stay away from active volcanoes that could have a chance of developing a pyroclastic flow. Pyroclastic flows have also been known to travel as far as 30 kilometers from the volcano. | open_qa | 13,206 |
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Which martial art or arts did Brazilian jiu-jitsu derive from? | Brazilian jiu-jitsu was initially developed in 1925 by Brazilian brothers Carlos, Oswaldo, Gastão Jr., George, and Hélio Gracie, after Carlos was taught jiu-jitsu by a travelling Japanese judoka, Mitsuyo Maeda, who himself mastered his ground fighting while interacting with Taro Miyake (Tanabe student), Sadakazu Uyenishi (Handa, Tanabe) and Yukio Tani (Tenjin Shinyo-ryu) and catch wrestlers in Europe. Later on, the Gracie family developed their own self-defense system, and published Gracie Jiu-Jitsu. | Brazilian jiu-jitsu was derived from judo and catch wrestling. | closed_qa | 13,207 |
What are some interesting things to do in the spa town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire? | Some interesting things to do in the spa town of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, are to visit the Royal Pump Room Museum, take a stroll through the Valley Gardens, and have afternoon tea at Bettys Cafe Tea Rooms. | open_qa | 13,208 |
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Whose period was known as the Golden Age of Rome? | Augustus Caesar | open_qa | 13,210 |
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List the ten episode titles from the first season of "Game of Thrones" in broadcast order. | Winter is Coming, The Kingsroad, Lord Snow, Cripples, Bastards, and Broken Things, The Wolf and the Lion, A Golden Crown, You Win or Die, The Pointy End, Baelor, Fire and Blood | open_qa | 13,212 |
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How is the price of an Uber ride calculated? | The price of an Uber ride is calculated based on supply and demand while considering the time, distance, and destination of the trip. | open_qa | 13,214 |
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Given a reference text about the Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge, tell me how long it is and when it opened. | Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge was developed as a concrete pier-and-beam bridge with a steel cantilever main beam span. The memorial bridge has a travel distance of 2.5 miles (4.0 km) and sustains the continuation of Texas Park Road 100. The watercourse thoroughfare is located in southern Cameron County, Texas and is the only road connecting South Padre Island to the geography of Texas.
The Causeway opened in 1974 and replaced the previous bridge, which had also been named Queen Isabella Causeway. A central section of the original causeway was removed and renamed the Queen Isabella State Fishing Pier. The Causeway is the second-longest bridge in Texas, stretching 2.37 miles (3.81 km) across the Laguna Madre. It is named after Queen Isabella of Castile | The Queen Isabella Memorial Bridge opened in 1974 and is 2.5 miles long. | closed_qa | 13,216 |
Where does the molecular formula of D-allulose? | The molecular formula for D-allulose, also referred to as psicose or allulose is C6H12O6. | open_qa | 13,221 |
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Why is the sun more intense at high altitude | The amount of heat energy received at any location on the globe is a direct effect of Sun angle on climate, as the angle at which sunlight strikes Earth varies by location, time of day, and season due to Earth's orbit around the Sun and Earth's rotation around its tilted axis. Seasonal change in the angle of sunlight, caused by the tilt of Earth's axis, is the basic mechanism that results in warmer weather in summer than in winter.Change in day length is another factor.
Presents a case when sunlight shines on Earth at a lower angle (Sun closer to the horizon), the energy of the sunlight is spread over a larger area, and is therefore weaker than if the Sun is higher overhead and the energy is concentrated on a smaller area. | It's commonly known that the sun is more intense at higher altitudes. However, contrary to popular belief, the sun is not more intense due to being closer to the sun, but the angle of incidence of the sun. The angle of incidence is steeper, and therefore the density of the sun's radiant energy is concentrated to a high density in a smaller area. This makes the sun's energy more intense | closed_qa | 13,222 |
By what other name does Bunnie DeFord go by? | Jelly Roll is married to Bunnie DeFord aka Bunnie XO and has two children from a previous relationship. | Bunnie XO | closed_qa | 13,223 |
what the most popular books written by Malcom Gladwell? | Malcolm Timothy Gladwell CM is an English-born Canadian journalist, author, and public speaker. He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has published 7 books including: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, David and Goliath, Talking to Strangers and The Bomber Mafia. A few of them are NYT bestsellers. | open_qa | 13,224 |
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Based on the text provided, what does a minimum spanning tree optimize? | A minimum spanning tree (MST) or minimum weight spanning tree is a subset of the edges of a connected, edge-weighted undirected graph that connects all the vertices together, without any cycles and with the minimum possible total edge weight. That is, it is a spanning tree whose sum of edge weights is as small as possible. More generally, any edge-weighted undirected graph (not necessarily connected) has a minimum spanning forest, which is a union of the minimum spanning trees for its connected components.
There are many use cases for minimum spanning trees. One example is a telecommunications company trying to lay cable in a new neighborhood. If it is constrained to bury the cable only along certain paths (e.g. roads), then there would be a graph containing the points (e.g. houses) connected by those paths. Some of the paths might be more expensive, because they are longer, or require the cable to be buried deeper; these paths would be represented by edges with larger weights. Currency is an acceptable unit for edge weight – there is no requirement for edge lengths to obey normal rules of geometry such as the triangle inequality. A spanning tree for that graph would be a subset of those paths that has no cycles but still connects every house; there might be several spanning trees possible. A minimum spanning tree would be one with the lowest total cost, representing the least expensive path for laying the cable. | A minimum spanning tree optimizes the a graph in a way that minimizes the sum of all the weights of the edges | closed_qa | 13,228 |
Who was offered the presidency of Israel in 1952 (turned down) | Albert Einstein | open_qa | 13,229 |
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What is the difference between ADLS Gen 1 and 2? | Azure Data Lake Storage Gen1 implements an access control model that derives from HDFS, which in turn derives from the POSIX access control model. Azure Data Lake Storage Gen2 implements an access control model that supports both Azure role-based access control (Azure RBAC) and POSIX-like access control lists (ACLs). | open_qa | 13,230 |
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What makes the game Overwatch appealing? | People enjoy the game of Overwatch for several reasons. First, it is a first-person shooter (FPS) which allows you to select from a wide range of available characters or heroes. Each of these heroes provides their own set of unique abilities meaning you can always pick a new hero and play the game in a different way. Second, it is a team-based game, so every match you play will be different. There are many different strategies you can implement and they depend on the heroes that you and your team along with whatever composition the opponents have selected. Third and finally, the creators of Overwatch, Blizzard, released a new version of the game: Overwatch 2. This has introduced new heroes, maps, and a new competition mode which has made the game fun for existing and new players. | general_qa | 13,234 |
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who is Haile Sellassie? | Haile Selassie I (Ge'ez: ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ, romanized: Qädamawi Häylä Səllasé,[nb 2] Amharic pronunciation: [ˈhaɪlə sɨlˈlase] (listen);[nb 3] born Tafari Makonnen; 23 July 1892 – 27 August 1975) was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974. He rose to power as Regent Plenipotentiary of Ethiopia (Enderase) for Empress Zewditu from 1916. Haile Selassie is widely considered a defining figure in modern Ethiopian history, and the key figure of Rastafari, a religious movement in Jamaica that emerged shortly after he became emperor in the 1930s. He was a member of the Solomonic dynasty, which claims to trace lineage to Emperor Menelik I, believed to be the son of King Solomon and Makeda the Queen of Sheba. | Haile Selassie (Amharic: ቀዳማዊ ኀይለ ሥላሴ) was a former Emperor of Ethiopia. He ruled the country from 1930 to 1974. His first name before he became emperor was Ras Teferi Mekonnen. The religion movement, Rastafari, after the name of Ras Teferi Mekonnen, emerged in Jamaica shortly after Haile Selassie became emperor. His root is from an extended Solomon and Queen of Sheba(Makeda). | closed_qa | 13,236 |
Where is the largest living thing located? | Oregon, USA | open_qa | 13,237 |
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per this reference of Itsunen Shoyu, who did he convince to bring Zen Buddhism to Japan? | In 1642 he travelled to Nagasaki as a trader in Chinese medicine, and in 1644 entered Kofukuji Temple, becoming its 3rd abbot in 1645. Established by monks immigrated from China, the temple was then a base of the Ōbaku school of Zen Buddhism in Japan. In 1654 after multiple requests he succeeded in persuading Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryuki), the 33rd abbot of Wanfu Temple (Mount Huangbo, Fujian) to emigrate to Japan, where he founded Ōbaku, the third and final major Japanese Zen sect. | Yinyuan Longqi (Ingen Ryuki) the 33rd abbot of Wanfu Temple | closed_qa | 13,238 |
How can listening to music attentively influence you? | You'll likely become a better listener in general - not only in hearing new details in songs but being a better listener during conversations. Listening to music attentively will also make you more present in the moment and enjoy the flow instead of focusing on the future or the past too much. | general_qa | 13,240 |
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