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Explain the use of screens in basketball
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In basketball, when a team has the ball, one person may set a screen by blocking a defender with his body but making sure his hands are not extended. This allows the person with the ball to pass, shoot, etc. without issuing any fouls. If the person setting a screen moves while screening, the referee will call a moving screen and the ball will be inbounded by the person who moved while screening from the half court line. In any case, screens do not foul the screener for contact unless they are to do physical contact with their hands or feet.
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What is Cricket in sports?
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Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this (by preventing the ball from leaving the field, and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are "out"). Means of dismissal include being bowled, when the ball hits the stumps and dislodges the bails, and by the fielding side either catching the ball after it is hit by the bat, but before it hits the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket. When ten batters have been dismissed, the innings ends and the teams swap roles. The game is adjudicated by two umpires, aided by a third umpire and match referee in international matches. They communicate with two off-field scorers who record the match's statistical information.
Forms of cricket range from Twenty20, with each team batting for a single innings of 20 overs (each "over" being a set of 6 fair opportunities for the batting team to score) and the game generally lasting three hours, to Test matches played over five days. Traditionally cricketers play in all-white kit, but in limited overs cricket they wear club or team colours. In addition to the basic kit, some players wear protective gear to prevent injury caused by the ball, which is a hard, solid spheroid made of compressed leather with a slightly raised sewn seam enclosing a cork core layered with tightly wound string.
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Cricket is highly popular game that's originated in south-eastern counties of England and now prominent sport in a number of countries in particular south asian countries like India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
It is in essence a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field. The batting side scores runs by striking the ball with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding side tries to prevent this and dismiss each batter.
Forms of cricket range from Twenty20, one day to Test match lasting up to 5 days. The game originated as children's game is now a highly competitive professional sport followed by billions of people and in last decade commercialised at club level with the introduction of Indian Premier League (IPL).
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What is a vegan?
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A vegan is one who doesn't eat any food product coming from or derived from animals. This includes eggs, fish, dairy, and to some, honey.
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What is geostatistics?
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Geostatistics is a branch of statistics focusing on spatial or spatiotemporal datasets. Developed originally to predict probability distributions of ore grades for mining operations, it is currently applied in diverse disciplines including petroleum geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, geochemistry, geometallurgy, geography, forestry, environmental control, landscape ecology, soil science, and agriculture (esp. in precision farming). Geostatistics is applied in varied branches of geography, particularly those involving the spread of diseases (epidemiology), the practice of commerce and military planning (logistics), and the development of efficient spatial networks. Geostatistical algorithms are incorporated in many places, including geographic information systems (GIS).
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How is "crisp" pronounced?
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The word "crisp" is pronounced from the back of the mouth to the front.
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Which one is more popular? Soccer vs Basketball?
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It depends on the region you are talking about. Globally, soccer is definitely the No.1 sport. It is so popular among europe, south america, africa and asia. However, in certain countries, for example United States, basketball is more popular.
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Will robots ever feel and think like humans? Will these robots solve all of our problems, or will they spell the end of the human race?
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Imagine a world where hundreds of robots are working with humans. Some of them deliver food, and some might be working at a cafe or a restaurant. They are all around us, helping people to do many things. Sometimes, they can do what humans can’t do, and they can also sometimes perform better than humans. Nowadays, many scientists and engineers are arguing if artificial intelligence could dramatically make our lives better, or would it spell the end of the human race?
Robots and Artificial Intelligence(A.I. for short) are developing systematically but dramatically, so someday, they might feel and think like humans. For example, some robots can “feel” pain by detecting how strong the force is to technically “feel” the pain. Furthermore, robots can think like humans by programming them to think how humans do. However, robots have less flexible thinking, since they are only doing what others programmed them to do, especially robots like Industrial robots that are less complex.
However, because A.I. is developing at a great speed, it might eventually become a threat to the human race. Many people such as Steven Hawkings warned that as A.I. develops further, they might be unstoppable, and might become one of the most dangerous enemies. Furthermore, according to the UN, A.I. might have stereotypical thoughts about certain races because of people’s discriminative behavior, and it can further have an impact on judgment between many kinds of people. Primarily, robots and A.I. can be a threat to the human race, so we need to take care of its program and rule it better so that it can be a good tool that can improve our lives.
On the other hand, I think that although now, A.I. still has some difficulties in doing certain things, A.I. can solve some of our problems, and make our lives better, and easier. A.I. can solve many problems, and they can even do some work better than humans. For example, robots can go to dangerous places like space, deep sea, and poisonous areas. Furthermore, robots can do dangerous jobs like welding which is dangerous work that needs to be done precisely. Robots are used in places like this because Industrial robots can do work precisely, and they can even save the worker’s life. For another example, a remote robot called Canadarm2 that works in the International Space Station can help astronauts by doing work in space to help the other astronauts that make their life easier.
In conclusion, A.I. is starting to become part of our lives since it’s starting to think and feel like humans with a great speed, and although it might become a threat to human races, I still think A.I. can solve many problems by doing what we have trouble doing. Once, Nick Boston claimed that “Machine intelligence is the last invention that humanity will ever need to invent” which means that humans only need to make A.I. because it can do things that other materials can, and it can also create and build itself. Since robots and A.I. can do many things that can help people, A.I. starting to become our reliable assistants as long as we take care of them.
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What is the capital of Australia and when was it founded?
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The capital of Australia is Canberra. It was formally founded and named in 1913. The creation of Canberra followed a lengthy dispute over whether Sydney or Melbourne should be the capital. The word "Canberra" is derived from the name of the indigenous Ngunnawal clan who have resided on the land for over 21,000 years.
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Why to people lift their trucks?
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When people talk about "lifting" their trucks, they are referring to increasing the height and ground clearance through modification to the suspension of the vehicle. Most often this is in reference to pick-up trucks, as those vehicles come from the manufacturer with the front of the vehicle at a lower height than the rear. Know as a "rake", this is intended to allow the vehicle to ride at a level height even when carrying significant weight in the truck bed or towing heavy trailers. There are various methods for lifting a vehicle that range from inexpensive spacers to elevate factory springs to more comprehensive systems replacing multiple suspension elements with new, purpose-built components. People often prefer to lift their truck for the aesthetic appeal as well as improved ground clearance and performance when driving off-road.
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Who is the all time leading passer in the NFL?
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As of 2023, Tom Brady is NFL's all-time regular season career passing yards leader with 89,214 . He also holds the playoff record with 13,400 yards for a combined total of 102,614. Tom Brady also holds the all time record for number of Passing Touchdowns with 649.
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what is the best profession?
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No single job or career path is best for everyone. However, many of the best ones have a few attributes in common: They pay well, provide challenges and personal growth, match our talents and skills, aren't too stressful, offers room to advance throughout our careers, and provide an acceptable work-life balance. Of course the importance of each of these is specific to the individual and therefore the best profession is very subjective. There are several online resource to help evaluate these categories.
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What is Grafana?
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Grafana is a multi-platform open source analytics and interactive visualization web application. It provides charts, graphs, and alerts for the web when connected to supported data sources.
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What is one of the main trigger for autism in current generation?
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The research has found that exposing infants or kids less than Two years of age to 2 hours of screen time every day can trigger autism and other significant developmental delays. To avoid environmental factors which can trigger autism, it is suggested for parents or care givers to interact with kids and socialize them instead of exposing them to screen time. The research also shows the autism rates are high in nuclear family where the usage of gadgets or multimedia is high.
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Why would someone want to ride a bike?
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Someone might want to ride a bike for a number of different reasons. Bikes, also known as bicycles, are used for recreation, fitness, and transportation. They are very common and used in nearly every city across the globe. There are also bike races across the world, particularly in Europe, where it is a pro sport.
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Why do humans like dogs?
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Humans like dogs because they have evolved together over at least 18,000 years. During this time, dogs have learned to identify and understand complex human expressions, including facial cues and vocal language and pitch. In turn, dog physiology and cognitive development has evolved the facial muscle sets and vocalizations and cognitive communication skills which enable them to communicate their states of emotional and physical being.
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What's unique about it and why is it famous?
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Doleshwor Mahadeva (Nepali: डोलेश्वर महादेव) is a Hindu Temple of Lord Shiva located in Suryabinayak, south eastern part of Bhaktapur District, Nepal, and is believed to be the head part of Kedarnath temple located in Uttarakhand, India.
History
For 4000 years people have been searching for the head of the Panch Kedar temples, a bull who was Shiva in reality, who assumed the shape of a bull to avoid the five Pandava brothers, the heroes of the Mahabharat. The legend goes back to the fabled battle of Kurukshetra fought between the five Pandava brothers and their cousins, the 100 Kaurava brothers, which is the pivot of the Mahabharata. Many folk legends related to the Garhwal region, Lord Shiva and the creation of the Panch Kedar temples are narrated.
A folk legend about Panch Kedar relates to the Pandavas, the heroes of the Hindu epic Mahabharata. The Pandavas defeated and slayed their cousins — the Kauravas in the epic Kurukshetra war. They wished to atone for the sins of committing fratricide (gotra hatya) and Brāhmanahatya (killing of Brahmins — the priest class) during the war. Thus, they handed over the reins of their kingdom to their kin and left in search of lord Shiva and to seek his blessings. First, they went to the holy city of Varanasi (Kashi), believed to be Shiva's favourite city and known for its Kashi Vishwanath Temple. But, Shiva wanted to avoid them as he was deeply incensed by the death and dishonesty at the Kurukshetra war and was, therefore, insensitive to Pandavas' prayers. Therefore, he assumed the form of a bull (Nandi) and hid in the Garhwal region.
Not finding Shiva in Varanasi, the Pandavas went to Garhwal Himalayas. Bhima, the second of the five Pandava brothers, then standing astride two mountains started to look for Shiva. He saw a bull grazing near Guptakashi (“hidden Kashi” — the name derived from the hiding act of Shiva). Bhima immediately recognized the bull to be Shiva. Bhima caught hold of the bull by its tail and hind legs. But the bull-formed Shiva disappeared into the ground to later reappear in parts, with the hump raising in Kedarnath, the arms appearing in Tungnath, the face showing up at Rudranath, the nabhi (navel) and stomach surfacing in Madhyamaheshwar and the hair appearing in Kalpeshwar. The Pandavas pleased with this reappearance in five different forms, built temples at the five places for venerating and worshipping Shiva. The Pandavas were thus freed from their sins. It is also believed that the fore portions of Shiva appeared at Doleshwor Mahadeva Temple, Bhaktapur district Nepal.
A variant of the tale credits Bhima of not only catching the bull, but also stopping it from disappearing. Consequently, the bull was torn asunder into five parts and appeared at five locations in the Kedar Khand of Garhwal region of the Himalayas. After building the Panch Kedar Temples, the Pandavas meditated at Kedarnath for salvation, performed yagna (fire sacrifice) and then through the heavenly path called the Mahapanth (also called Swargarohini), attained heaven or salvation.[citation needed]. The Panch Kedar Temples are constructed in the North-Indian Himalayan Temple architecture with the Kedarnath, Tungnath and Madhyamaheshwar temples looking similar.
After completing the pilgrimage of Lord Shiva's darshan at the Panch Kedar Temples, it is an unwritten religious rite to visit Lord Vishnu at the Badrinath Temple, as a final affirmatory proof by the devotee that he has sought blessings of Lord Shiva.
Research and findings
The Hindu activist Bharat Jangam had been researching and claiming that Doleshwar Mahadev is the head part of Kedarnath based on the surprising links between Kedarnath and Doleshwor. The Sculptures of Shive found in both shrines are 4,000 years old. Even a stone scripture found in Doleshwor was written in Sanskrit and Old Nepalese. The priests in both shrines are selected from India's southern states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Both priests affix the word ‘ling’ after their names to convey their proximity to the god as his worshipper and both temples have a cluster of five Shiva shrines. The main deity of both priests is Birbhadra, a companion of Shiva, according to Hindu scriptures.
Recognition
On August 22, 2009 the head priest of Kedarnath peeth Shree 1008 Jagat Guru Bheemashankarling Shivacharya unveiled the plaque claiming that Doleswore Mahadev, located in Jangam math Bhaktapur, is the head part of Shri Kedarnath. He performed Rudra Abhishek, a special worshipping at the Doleshwor temple situated in Sipadol village of Bhaktapur district. This is also mentioned in the inscription (Sheela Lekh) at Doleshwar Mahadev. Thousands of devotees have been thronging in the Doleswor Mahadev Temple.
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It is believed that Doleshwor Mahadeva is the head part of Kedarnath temple located in Uttarakhand, India, and Kedarnath is one of the most famous Shiva temple.
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Is Mount Saint Helens still active?
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Mount St. Helens (known as Lawetlat'la to the indigenous Cowlitz people, and Loowit or Louwala-Clough to the Klickitat) is an active stratovolcano located in Skamania County, Washington, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It lies 52 miles (83 km) northeast of Portland, Oregon, and 98 miles (158 km) south of Seattle. Mount St. Helens takes its English name from that of the British diplomat Lord St Helens, a friend of explorer George Vancouver who surveyed the area in the late 18th century. The volcano is part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc, a segment of the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The Mount St. Helens major eruption of May 18, 1980 remains the deadliest and most economically destructive volcanic event in U.S. history. Fifty-seven people were killed; 200 homes, 47 bridges, 15 miles (24 km) of railways, and 185 miles (298 km) of highway were destroyed. A massive debris avalanche, triggered by a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, caused a lateral eruption that reduced the elevation of the mountain's summit from 9,677 ft (2,950 m) to 8,363 ft (2,549 m), leaving a 1 mile (1.6 km) wide horseshoe-shaped crater. The debris avalanche was 0.6 cubic miles (2.5 km3) in volume. The 1980 eruption disrupted terrestrial ecosystems near the volcano. By contrast, aquatic ecosystems in the area greatly benefited from the amounts of ash, allowing life to multiply rapidly. Six years after the eruption, most lakes in the area had returned to their normal state.
After its 1980 eruption, the volcano experienced continuous volcanic activity until 2008. Geologists predict that future eruptions will be more destructive, as the configuration of the lava domes requires more pressure to erupt. However, Mount St. Helens is a popular hiking spot and it is climbed year-round. In 1982, the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument was established by President Ronald Reagan and the U.S. Congress.
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Mount St. Helens, located in the sate of Washington is considered an active volcano.
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What is the best hand in poker?
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The best hand possible in poker is a Royal Flush. This hand consists of a Ten, Jack, Queen, King, and Ace, all from the same suit.
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How do you calculate a golfer's handicap?
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A golfer's handicap is calculated by averaging the best 8 scores out of the last 20 rounds.
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Is golf an easy sport?
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Golf can be a very difficult sport; in fact, most people will admit to the fact that golf is the hardest sport there is. If you have never played golf, the concept of how difficult golf is can be a hard one to grasp. Only a very small percentage of players will ever go on to being great players or a professional.
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Based on this paragraph, what was Joe Biden's mother's maiden's name, what city was he born in, how many siblings did he have growing up, and what religion was he as a child?
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Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. was born on November 20, 1942, at St. Mary's Hospital in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to Catherine Eugenia "Jean" Biden (née Finnegan) and Joseph Robinette Biden Sr. The oldest child in a Catholic family, he has a sister, Valerie, and two brothers, Francis and James. Jean was of Irish descent, while Joseph Sr. had English, Irish, and French Huguenot ancestry. Biden's paternal line has been traced to stonemason William Biden, who was born in 1789 in Westbourne, England, and emigrated to Maryland in the United States by 1820.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Biden
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Based on this paragraph, Joe Biden's mother's maiden name was Finnegan, he was born in the city of Stranton, he had three siblings (a younger sister and two younger brothers), and he was raised as a member of the Catholic church.
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How do you make the color green out of other colors?
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You can make green by mixing blue and yellow together
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When is the best time to go to Wallis and Futuna
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Wallis and Futuna is located about two-thirds of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand. It is 13°18′S 176°12′W Coordinates: 13°18′S 176°12′W, 360 km (220 mi) west of Samoa and 480 km (300 mi) northeast of Fiji.
The territory includes the island of Uvéa (also called Wallis), which is the most populous; the island of Futuna; the virtually uninhabited island of Alofi; and 20 uninhabited islets. The total area of the territory is 274 square kilometres (106 sq mi), with 129 kilometres (80 mi) of coastline. The highest point in the territory is Mont Puke, on the island of Futuna, at 524 metres (1,719 ft).
The islands have a hot, rainy season from November to April, when tropical cyclones passing over them cause storms. Then they have a cool, dry season from May to October, caused by the southeast trade winds that predominate during those months. The average annual rainfall is between 2,500 and 3,000 millimetres (98–118 in), and rain is likely on at least 260 days per year. The average humidity is 80%. The average annual temperature is 26.6 °C (79.9 °F), rarely falling below 24.0 °C (75.2 °F); during the rainy season, it ranges between 28.0 °C (82.4 °F) and 32.0 °C (89.6 °F).
Only 5% of the islands' land area consists of arable land; permanent crops cover another 20%. Deforestation is a serious problem: Only small portions of the original forests remain, largely because the inhabitants use wood as their main fuel source, and, as a result, the mountainous terrain of Futuna is particularly susceptible to erosion. The island of Alofi lacks natural freshwater resources, so it has no permanent settlements.
Volcanic activity during the mid-Pleistocene created numerous volcanic crater lakes on Uvea (Wallis Island). The names of some of them are: Lalolalo, Lano, Lanutavake, Lanutuli, Lanumaha, Kikila, and Alofivai.
Wallis and Futuna is part of the Fiji tropical moist forests terrestrial ecoregion.
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It is best to go from May to October in the dry season. The temperature are lower but at least it is not raining so often.
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International Booker Prize 2021 was given to
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At night all blood is black
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Given a reference text about phrynobatrachus tokba, what are common names for it?
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Phrynobatrachus tokba is a species of frog in the family Phrynobatrachidae. It is found in West Africa from Ghana westward to Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau. Common names Tokba river frog, Tokba puddle frog, and—when referring to the formerly recognized Phrynobatrachus alticola, forest river frog—have been proposed for it.
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Common names for Phrynobatrachus tokba are Tokba river frog, Tokba puddle frog, and forest river frog.
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Give me a bulleted list of the cutest animals
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Beauty is on the eye of the beholder. Having said that, here is a list of animals considered “cute” on average:
• Dogs
• Cats
• Bunnies
• Birds
• Pandas
• Dolphins
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What is baseball?
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Baseball is a game played by millions of people and is a very popular sport. Each team takes turns playing offense and defense. The objective of the team hitting is to score runs by reaching base safely. The objective the defense is to get the hitters out. The team with the most runs at the end of the game wins.
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What is an architecture diagram?
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An architecture diagram is a visual layout that represents process flows, business process management workflows, technology workflows, data workflows, and more. They are a represented with different shapes, words, lines are arrows that show the visual flow. They help engineer, architect, stakeholders, and designers understand the layout of a project, current system design flaws, and how to make future state architecture more robust and resilient to change.
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How many oceans in the world?
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There are 7 oceans in the world
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Based on this passage, how many miles did Gorbachev walk each week for his round trip commute to school?
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The village school was closed during much of the war but re-opened in autumn 1944. Gorbachev did not want to return but when he did he excelled academically. He read voraciously, moving from the Western novels of Thomas Mayne Reid to the works of Vissarion Belinsky, Alexander Pushkin, Nikolai Gogol, and Mikhail Lermontov. In 1946, he joined the Komsomol, the Soviet political youth organization, becoming leader of his local group and then being elected to the Komsomol committee for the district. From primary school he moved to the high school in Molotovskoye; he stayed there during the week while walking the 19 km (12 mi) home during weekends. As well as being a member of the school's drama society, he organized sporting and social activities and led the school's morning exercise class. Over the course of five consecutive summers from 1946 onward he returned home to assist his father in operating a combine harvester, during which they sometimes worked 20-hour days. In 1948, they harvested over 8,000 centners of grain, a feat for which Sergey was awarded the Order of Lenin and his son the Order of the Red Banner of Labour.
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According to this passage, Gorbachev's round trip walking commute to school was 24 miles per week. He walked 12 miles each way and travelled to and from school only once per week.
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Given this paragraph about the JW Marriott building in Downtown Houston, what was the framing made of and how tall was it?
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Samuel Fain Carter, the founder of Lumberman's Bank in Houston, commissioned the architecture firm of Sanguinet and Staats to design a sixteen-floor, steel-framed building on Main Street at the corner of Rusk Street in Houston. The Fort Worth-based Sanguinet and Staats had already been building skyscrapers in various cities in Texas, and was building a reputation for this type of structure.In 1909, the building had an estimated cost of $650,000. Carter planned to finance construction through issues of equity and debt, stipulating that he would restrict bonds to $400,000 in value. The Rice Institute agreed to purchase up to $200,000 in bonds.
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The building used steel framing and was 16 floors.
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When is the best time to visit San Francisco?
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The best time to visit San Francisco is right after summer, in September or October. Mark Twain once said the coldest winter he ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. That is because San Francisco has an Indian Summer, when the traditional Summer months are actually quite cold and windy. Starting in September and through October the weather is very moderate and usually sunny.
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What phone carrier company did Sprint merge with?
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Sprint merged with T-Mobile in 2020, and now are referred to as T-Mobile.
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Did Billy Corgan really play all of the instruments on Smashing Pumpkin's 1993 album "Siamese Dream"?
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Corgan's desire for musical perfection put further strain on the already-frayed relationships between the band members. Vig later recalled, "D'arcy would lock herself in the bathroom, James wouldn't say anything, or Billy would lock himself in the control room". Corgan often overdubbed Iha's and Wretzky's parts with his own playing. Wretzky stated that Corgan only performed most of the guitar and bass parts because he could lay them down more easily in recording and with far fewer takes. Stories of the album's recording had circulated in the music press. Corgan admitted there was some truth to accusations of tyrannical behavior, though he felt the press misunderstood the situation.
While Chamberlin performed all drum parts on the album, he would disappear for days on drug benders that caused everyone to fear for his life. After one incident where the drummer had disappeared for two or three days, Corgan "put the hammer down", according to Vig, and had Chamberlin perform the drum part for "Cherub Rock" until his hands bled. Due to Corgan's urging, Chamberlin checked into a rehab clinic. Corgan told Spin later that year, "You know, I gave them a year and a half to prepare for this record... I'm surrounded by these people who I care about very much, yet they continue to keep failing me." Corgan explained that he began to take the actions of others personally; he said, "If you really think about it, of course, someone doesn't do the job because they're lazy, or they don't think it's important. But I took it as, 'You're not worth going home and working on the song.'"
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No. Jimmy Chamberlin recorded all of the drum parts. However, Billy Corgan often overdubbed the guitar and bass parts with his own playing.
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Why didn’t people like the end of Game of Thrones?
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Note: this answer contains spoilers for the end of the HBO television series, “Game of Thrones.” The end of the Game of Thrones television series was a bit divisive among viewers for a number of reasons. First, some believed that one of the series’ principal and most popular characters, Daenerys Targaryen, had been – if flawed – a protagonist throughout most of the series until the last few episodes of the final season, and her switch to a villainous persona felt rushed. Similarly, some viewers believed that arcs for other main characters, including Jaime, Cersei, and Tyrion Lannister, Brienne of Tarth, Jon Snow, and others, were adversely impacted by the quick pacing of the final season and did away with much of those characters’ development over the course of many years. Others were confused and disappointed that Bran Stark became king of the Seven Kingdoms (and ultimate winner of the titular “game of thrones”), as there seemed to be little build-up or motivation for that narrative decision. Many suspect that George R.R. Martin, author of the “Song of Ice and Fire” series of novels on which the show was based, may have anticipated providing more narrative context and development for these choices in his then-unpublished final novels in the series, and that the television series simply needed to end well before Martin could complete his novels.
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Who is the greatest male tennis player of all time?
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Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, and Novak Djokovic (aka the Big 3 of tennis) are all regarded as the greatest male tennis players of all time. If the criteria for greatest of all time is based on the number of grand slams won, then that title is shared by Nadal and Djokovic at 22 majors. However, many fans, pundits, and sports analysts consider Federer to be the greatest of all time due to his longevity, success, and ability to attract fans to the game, and humanitarian impact off the court. Ultimately this is a very subjective question and is difficult to answer without first defining the criteria for greatness in tennis.
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How do you subtract two numbers?
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Subtraction is an operation that identifies the total count of objects in a collection of items after a specific count of items are removed from the starting total.
You can subtract two numbers by starting with an initial count, which represents the number to subtract from, and a second count which represents the number to subtract. Then remove one from the starting count repeating this operation for the number of items in the subtract value.
Subtraction is not associative, which means that the order in which subtraction is performed matters. For instance, seven minus five (7 - 3) equals four (= 4) but four minus seven (4 - 7) equals minus three (= -3).
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Who is the greatest musical theatre composer of all time?
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While art is subjective, there are a few luminary composers who have made significant contributions to musical theatre and whose work has stood the test of time. One could make a case for any of the following. Jerome Kern wrote more than 700 songs and wrote the music to "Showboat", one of the first Broadway musicals with a serious plot and themes. The songwriting team of Rogers & Hammerstein was the first to use songs to further the plot vs. break the plot for a song and dance. Their musicals are still enormously popular and performed constantly. They include "Oklahoma", "The King & I", and "The Sound of Music". Leonard Bernstein, while most known for classical music made a major contribution to musicals with the groundbreaking "West Side Story", an updated Romeo and Juliet story with spectacular music, every song a classic. Bernstein collaborated with Stephen Sondheim on this musical. Sondheim ushered in the modern-day musical in which shows might explore a theme vs. a linear plot. While he is often criticized for not having "hummable" melodies, his genius is undeniable, and he did have one bonafide hit with "Send in the Clowns". Jules Styne composed what is often considered the greatest musical of all time, "Gypsy". The dynamite songwriting team of John Kander and Fred Ebb composed the longest-running American musical, "Chicago" and the dark yet entertaining "Cabaret". Finally, while often criticized by musical-theatre purists as blatantly commercial, the success of Andrew Lloyd Webber cannot be denied. He composed the enormously successful "Cats", the longest-running Broadway musical of all time "Phantom of the Opera" and even into his 80's is still composing, with the recently opened "Bad Cinderella" on Broadway.
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Explain nuclear fission in the style of Jerry Seinfeld
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Nuclear fission, smission, what's the big deal? You take an atom, hit the nucleus in the middle with some particle, and it splits up into smaller pieces. This releases a teeny bit of energy, because it's an atom, for goodness' sake, it's pretty tiny! And maybe if you're lucky, those little pieces hit other atoms and release even more energy and get you a nice toasty chain reaction. No big deal at all, just gives us cheap electric energy, or giant bombs to blow things up with. Seems kind of obvious that it would work that way for anyone who's done bowling though, or who's had to stack a bunch of ping pong balls. Not like anyone got a Nobel prize for this.
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How many feet are in 1 mile?
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5,280 feet
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How do you make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?
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You need a few ingredients to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. First, you need two slices of bread, which are crucial to the recipe. Next, you will need peanut butter. Some people prefer smooth peanut butter, while others might enjoy crunchy peanut butter. This choice is up to you. The next ingredient is jelly. Like peanut butter, there are many choices of jelly to choose from. The most popular jelly is grape; many people like raspberry or strawberry jelly. Once you have all your ingredients, it is time to assemble your sandwich. First, you lay a piece of bread on your plate. Next, take a knife to spread peanut butter on the slice of bread on the plate. How much peanut butter you spread is up to your preference. Next, take the other slice of bread and spread your jelly on it. Once each piece of bread has either jelly or peanut butter on it, take the two slices of bread and put them together. The final step is to cut your sandwich. Some enjoy eating the sandwich whole, while others enjoy a diagonal cut or a cut down the middle. You have now created your peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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What flower does the Netherlands produce most?
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The Netherlands produces the most tulips, followed by daffodils and hyacinths.
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In India there are 14 Navratna companies while Mini Navratnas are
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73
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Why should I move to New York City?
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New York, New York, also known as New York City or NYC, is the largest city in the United States. Comprised of 5 boroughs (Manhattan, Staten Island, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens), each neighborhood has its own distinct culture and purpose that contributes to the energy of the city. Being that it is such a large city, there is something for everyone. It has an incredibly diverse population, a culture of historical culinary tradition with new cuisines arriving every day, a strongly developed art scene for film-lovers, musicians, visual artists, and so much more. There are so many reasons why it is considered a global city. It is incredibly walkable and public transit-friendly, and the green spaces alleviate the concrete jungle that New York is so well-known for. You will meet all types of people here. While the people may be controversially and arguably known for being unfriendly, they are surely kind. It is truly an unmatched experience to live, know, and love the city of New York.
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What is SAP?
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SAP is a multinational software vendor headquartered in Walldorf, Germany. SAP stands for "System Analyse und Programmentwicklung" which are the German words for System Analysis and Program Development. SAP was founded in 1972 by Dietmar Hopp, Klaus Tschira, Hans-Werner Hector, Hasso Plattner, and Claus Wellenreuther in Germany. Today SAP has 112.000 employees and generated a yearly revenue of over 30 billion Euro in 2022.
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What is the capital of Colorado?
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Denver is the capital
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List the members of the Ivy in reverse alphabetical order.
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Yale University, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, Harvard University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Columbia University and Brown University.
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Which of these animals is not a bear: brown bear, black bear, polar bear, koala bear, panda bear.
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The answer is koala bear. Despite the name, the “koala bear” is actually a marsupial, not a bear.
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What is the difference between a compact and economy-sized car?
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These two terms are typically used at car rental agencies to refer to the size of the car, with economy the smallest available rental car and compact one size larger.
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Who is Lord Voldemort?
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Lord Voldemort is a sobriquet for Tom Marvolo Riddle, a character and the main antagonist in J. K. Rowling's series of Harry Potter novels. The character first appeared in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, which was published in 1997, and returned either in person or in flashbacks in each book and its film adaptation in the series except the third, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, in which he is only mentioned.
Voldemort is the archenemy of Harry Potter, who according to a prophecy has "the power to vanquish the Dark Lord". He attempts to murder the boy, but instead kills his parents, Lily and James Potter, and leaves Harry with a scar on his forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt. Nearly every witch or wizard dares not utter his name and refers to him instead with such monikers as "You-Know-Who", "He Who Must Not Be Named", or "the Dark Lord". Voldemort's obsession with blood purity signifies his aim to rid the wizarding world of Muggle (non-magical) heritage and to conquer both worlds, Muggle and wizarding, to achieve pure-blood dominance. Through his mother's family, he is the last descendant of the wizard Salazar Slytherin, one of the four founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. He is the leader of the Death Eaters, a group of evil wizards and witches dedicated to ridding the Wizarding World of Muggles and establishing Voldemort as its supreme ruler.
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Which are most valuable corporate brands in the world
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The following article lists the most valuable corporate brands in the world according to different estimates by Kantar Group, Interbrand, Brand Finance and Forbes. Factors that influence brand value are sales, market share, market capitalization, awareness of a brand, products, popularity, image, etc. Readers should note that lists like this, while informative, are somewhat subjective, as no single metric exists for determining valuation for brands.
Top 10 valuable companies according Kantar 2022 list are Apple Inc, Google Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft corp, Tencent, McDonald, Visa Inc, Facebook, Alibaba, Louis Vuitton
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Kantar group, Interbrand, Brand Finance and Forbes every year release most valuable corporate brands in the world.
Top 10 valuable companies according Kantar 2022 list are Apple Inc (US) , Google Inc (US), Amazon.com Inc (US), Microsoft corp (US), Tencent (China), McDonald (US), Visa Inc(US), Facebook (US), Alibaba group (China) and Louis Vuitton (France)
Factors that influence brand value are sales, market share, market capitalization, awareness of a brand, products, popularity, image, etc. Readers should note that lists like this, while informative, are somewhat subjective, as no single metric exists for determining valuation for brands.
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Does Bolivia have a wine scene?
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Bolivia and more specifically, Tarija, have a wonderful wine scene that has continued to develop in the shadow of its southern neighbor, Mendoza. The high altitudes and clay soil produce many excellent varietals of grape, of which they are most predominantly known for their, Tannat, a full bodied red wine originating from France and thriving in South America.
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What is the tallest building in Chicago?
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The tallest building in Chicago is the Sears Tower
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Name China's greatest events happened when Jiang was in charge
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Jiang Zemin (17 August 1926 – 30 November 2022) was a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1989 to 2002, as chairman of the Central Military Commission from 1989 to 2004, and as president of China from 1993 to 2003. Jiang was paramount leader of China from 1989 to 2002. He was the core leader of the third generation of Chinese leadership, one of four core leaders alongside Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Xi Jinping.
Born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, Jiang joined the CCP while he was in college. After the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he received training at the Stalin Automobile Works in Moscow in the 1950s, later returning to Shanghai in 1962 to serve in various institutes, later being sent between 1970-1972 to Romania as part of an expert team to establish machinery manufacturing plants in the country. After 1979, he was appointed as the vice chair of two commissions by vice premier Gu Mu to oversee the newly-established special economic zones (SEZs). He became the vice minister of the newly-established Ministry of Electronics Industry and a member of the CCP Central Committee in 1982.
Jiang was appointed as the mayor of Shanghai in 1985, later being promoted to its Communist Party secretary, as well as a member of the CCP Politburo, in 1987. Jiang came to power unexpectedly as a compromise candidate following the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, when he replaced Zhao Ziyang as CCP general secretary after Zhao was ousted for his support for the student movement. As the involvement of the "Eight Elders" in Chinese politics steadily declined, Jiang consolidated his hold on power to become the "paramount leader" in the country during the 1990s. Urged by Deng Xiaoping's southern tour in 1992, Jiang officially introduced the term "socialist market economy" in his speech during the 14th CCP National Congress held later that year, which accelerated "opening up and reform".
Under Jiang's leadership, China experienced substantial economic growth with the continuation of market reforms. The returning of Hong Kong from the United Kingdom in 1997 and of Macau from Portugal in 1999, and entry into the World Trade Organisation in 2001, were landmark moments of his era. China also witnessed improved relations with the outside world, while the Communist Party maintained its tight control over the state. Jiang faced criticism over human rights abuses, including the crackdown on the Falun Gong movement. His contributions to party doctrine, known as the "Three Represents", were written into the CCP constitution in 2002. Jiang gradually vacated his official leadership titles from 2002 to 2005, being succeeded in these roles by Hu Jintao, although he and his political faction continued to influence affairs until much later. On 30 November 2022, Jiang died from leukemia and multiple organ failure in Shanghai.
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The returning of Hong Kong and Macau, and joining WTO
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Can I provide commercial software or services based on Spark?
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Yes, as long as you respect the Apache Software Foundation's software license and trademark policy. In particular, note that there are strong restrictions about how third-party products use the "Spark" name (names based on Spark are generally not allowed). Please also refer to our trademark policy summary.
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Given this summary of The Eye of Heaven, what kind of ship did they find in the Arctic?
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The Eye of Heaven is a Fargo adventure novel. The two main characters of the Fargo novels are adventurers Sam Fargo and his wife, Remi. The Eye of Heaven is the sixth book of the Fargo series. The book's hardcover edition was first published September 2, 2014.
Plot
Baffin Island: Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved—and filled with pre–Columbian artifacts from Mexico.
How can that be? As they plunge into their research, tantalizing clues about a link between the Vikings and the legendary Toltec feathered serpent god Quetzalcoatl/Ce Acatl Topiltzin —and a fabled object known as the Eye of Heaven— begin to emerge. But so do many dangerous people. Soon the Fargos find themselves on the run through jungles, temples, and secret tombs, caught between treasure hunters, crime cartels, and those with a far more personal motivation for stopping them. At the end of the road will be the solution to a thousand-year-old mystery—or death.
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A perfectly preserved viking ship, with pre-columbian artifacts from Mexico.
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How to win and make friends?
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As simple as this sounds, in reality, making friends and winning them is one of the toughest processes. Good friends are the biggest boon to life. It takes a lot of effort to know and understand people and make them friends. Here are a couple of qualities to have in us to make and win friends for life:
1. Along with their names, remember the name of their spouse/children/ any closest person they usually mention
2. Genuinely show interest and listen to them when they talk
3. Encourage them to talk about their interests
4. Don't criticize but understand them
5. Admit when you are wrong
6. Respect their opinions and don't judge
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What game was the animated series Tank Knights Fortress based on?
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Fortress is a shooter video game developed by CCR Inc and published by Netsgo. The game spawned an animated series, Tank Knights Fortress, and a sequel, Fortress 2. On November 18, 2011, service for the game was terminated in South Korea and Japan.
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Fortress.
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Why do people blink?
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Each time the eyelids close, salty secretions from the tear glands are swept over the surface of the eye, flushing away small dust particles and lubricating the exposed portion of the eyeball. In essence, people blink because to cleanse and moisten the eye.
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What is the difference between retinol and tretinoin?
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Everyone’s skin is different, but no one’s skin is immune to the effects of sunlight, stress, and natural aging. To treat these effects, you might decide to use retinoids.
Retinoids are chemical compounds related to vitamin A.
Retinol and tretinoin are both examples of retinoids. Tretinoin can also be called all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA).
When it comes to treating your skin, the biggest difference between these two compounds is their strength.
Retinol is a vital nutrient. It’s fat-soluble, which means it can stay in your body for a long time. Your liver can take this stored retinol and convert it into tretinoin. Your body will use the tretinoin for a variety of biological functions.
For the purposes of skin care, tretinoin can be thought of as a more concentrated version of retinol. This means that tretinoin is stronger than retinol.
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Which part of the world Egypt is located?
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Egypt is in the north east part of Africa.
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What are some pro tips when cold calling?
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Cold calling is more art than science. The primary mistake people make when cold calling is in defining what success looks like. For most sales roles, the goal of a cold call is to establish rapport, not to book an order. Think about it - when was the last time you purchased something by phone the first time you were contacted? Odds are that several follow ups were required before you were ready to buy, no matter how qualified a buyer you appeared to be.
Establishing rapport means getting your prospect to open up, because he/she has determined that you are worth the time to do so. So the keys to establishing rapport are simple: be courteous and respectful, provide appropriate context, and be OPEN. Let's consider each of these individually. First, courtesy and respect- after briefly introducing yourself, ask the prospect if now is a good time to talk for a few minutes? We've all experienced the annoyance of a caller who dives right into the conversation immediately after hearing a "hello". Be respectful of your prospect's schedule and give him/her an "out." If it's not a good time, you're not going to have a successful call no matter what you try.
Next, provide appropriate context. Don't assume he/she knows nothing about what you are trying to sell. If that were the case, this prospect wouldn't be a very good target for you! Prepare a short introductory statement that can be delivered in a genuine way with a friendly tone. For example, "I'm with ACME Mobile Window Repair and wanted to share some spring promotions with you - have you seen our trucks around your neighborhood?" Setting context will help build rapport by providing a clear understanding of why you are calling, and what you hope to get out of the conversation. Successful sales people are very comfortable with the fact that they are trying to sell something. Own it, but do so in a low key and friendly way, and this will help lower the defenses of your prospect if he/she sounds guarded
Lastly, be open. This means open to going off script, open to hearing about competition or open to negative impressions of what you're selling. An open dialogue allows room for questions, both from you and from your prospect. Think about an enjoyable conversation you've had lately. Was it a natural back and forth, with questions posed and answers provided? Did the questions take the conversation into a deeper dialogue? A successful cold call is one that feels like a natural conversation about a topic of shared interest. If your prospect goes off on a tangent, don't redirect too soon, or better yet - ask a question - "I'm curious - What made you think of carpets when I mentioned windows?" If he/she goes negative about your offering, ask another question - "What in your experience has caused you to feel this way?"
Cold calling is a skill that can improve with practice. The more comfortable you are being courteous, setting context, and remaining open, the better your sales outcomes will be. And it never hurts to smile - even over the phone!
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What is the successor liability and can you give me some practical examples about it
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In law, successor liability is liability (debt or other obligation) that is inherited by a successor entity after a corporate restructuring. Here, ‘successor’ refers to the entity that exists after the restructuring. ‘Restructuring’ refers to any action that alters the identity or character of a business entity (e.g. a merger). Successor liability is a subset of the law governing corporate liability or liability of legal persons.
A legal person is any person that can do the things a human person is able to do in law – such as enter into contracts, sue and be sued, own property, and so on. Depending on the jurisdiction, entities such as corporations, other types of firm, partnerships and state-owned enterprises may be treated as legal persons, with both rights and responsibilities under law. Successor liability rules influence how these rights and responsibilities vis-a-vis others are influenced by corporate restructurings.
Under corporate law (or possibly other bodies of law, such as employment or environmental law), some countries regulate how liability passes from a ‘predecessor’ entity to a 'successor' entity in the event of such corporate restructurings as a name change, merger or acquisition, division or dissolution. Following such restructurings, successor liability rules determine whether and how the 'successor' or acquiring entity must assume some or all of the predecessor entity's liabilities. Product liability, environmental clean-up, employment law and criminal law are some of the areas in which successor liability may enter into play. Thus, it is an important component of the legal system that supports the structural change needed in dynamic business sectors while also protecting individual and societal interests.
While a restructuring does not automatically give rise to successor liability, the following situations are often considered to be relevant when determining whether or not such liability exists: there is an explicit agreement between the parties on the assumption of some liabilities; the restructuring is considered to be a de facto merger; the restructuring results in the mere continuation of the predecessor’s business; and the transaction underpinning the restructuring was fraudulent and used to escape liability.
Without successor liability, a business entity may avoid liability by reorganising itself or otherwise altering its corporate identity. A comparative law study of successor liability in the context of enforcement of laws criminalising foreign bribery shows that countries have adopted widely different approaches to successor liability in a criminal law context. In some jurisdictions, it is not clear whether successor liability exists at all, opening up the possibility that even minor business reorganisations could 'wipe the slate clean' from the standpoint of criminal law enforcement. Other countries have comprehensive statutory frameworks that address successor liability. Still others rely on established jurisprudence or other legal principles as the legal foundation for successor liability.
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Who is the greatest NFL running back of all time?
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Arguably, Barry Sanders is the greatest running back of all time. Unlike Emmitt Smith, Barry Sanders played behind an offensive line that was soft and weak. There were no pro bowl players on the Detroit Lions offensive line during Barry's tenure in Detroit. Barry Sanders also retired at his peak because he was disheartened by the direction of the franchise's inability to improve year over year.
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When does daylight savings start and end in Sydney?
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Sydney is in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, and NSW participates in daylight savings. Daylight savings starts at 2am on the first Sunday of October; and ends at 3am on the first Sunday in April
In 2023:
- Daylight savings ends at 3am on Sun 2 April
- Daylight savings starts at 2am on Sun 1 October
Next year, in 2024:
- Daylight savings ends at 3am on Sun 7 April
- Daylight savings starts at 2am on Sun 6 October
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| 4,840 |
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What are Flos
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Flos is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are commonly known as plushblues and are found in the Indomalayan realm.
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What would Bruce lee do if he is alive?
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Bruce Lee is an American martial artist, actor and philosopher. He is born on November 27, 1940. If Bruce Lee is alive today he would be 83 years old, and he would be happily retired and probably suffering from Alzheimer's
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What are main vegetables in V8 juice?
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The original V8 is a savory juice. It is made mainly from water and tomato concentrate, and reconstituted vegetable juice blend: water and concentrate of eight vegetables, specifically: beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, spinach, and tomato. Campbell's has produced several varieties of the drink, such as Original, Spicy Hot, Hint of Black Pepper, Lemon, Picante, Low-Sodium, and Organic.
Three spin-offs of the V8 brand, "V8 Energy", "V8 Splash" and "V8 V•Fusion", are blends of fruit and vegetable (specifically carrot) juices. V8 Splash is a juice cocktail partially sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup and sucralose; diet versions of V8 Splash omit the high-fructose corn syrup. V8 Energy also classifies as a cocktail and is partially sweetened with sucralose. V•Fusion is made from 100% juice.
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beets, celery, carrots, lettuce, parsley, watercress, spinach, and tomato
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Name some popular American beer brands.
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Rogue, Widmer, Budweiser, Coors, Michelob, Blue Moon
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| 4,847 |
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What are the major innovations and scientific discoveries from UC Berkeley?
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A number of significant inventions and discoveries have been made by Berkeley faculty members and researchers:
Natural sciences
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Atomic bomb – Physics professor J. Robert Oppenheimer was wartime director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Manhattan Project.
Carbon 14 and photosynthesis – Martin Kamen and Sam Ruben first discovered carbon 14 in 1940, and Nobel laureate Melvin Calvin and his colleagues used carbon 14 as a molecular tracer to reveal the carbon assimilation path in photosynthesis, known as Calvin cycle.
Carcinogens – Identified chemicals that damage DNA. The Ames test was described in a series of papers in 1973 by Bruce Ames and his group at the university.
Chemical elements – 16 elements have been discovered at Berkeley (technetium, astatine, neptunium, plutonium, americium, curium, berkelium, californium, einsteinium, fermium, mendelevium, nobelium, lawrencium, rutherfordium, dubnium, and seaborgium).
Covalent bond – Gilbert N. Lewis in 1916 described the sharing of electron pairs between atoms, and invented the Lewis notation to describe the mechanisms.
CRISPR gene editing – Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna discovers a precise and inexpensive way for manipulating DNA in human cells.
Cyclotron – Ernest O. Lawrence created a particle accelerator in 1934, and was awarded the Nobel Physics Prize in 1939.
Dark energy – Saul Perlmutter and many others in the Supernova Cosmology Project discover the universe is expanding because of dark energy 1998.
Flu vaccine – Wendell M. Stanley and colleagues discovered the vaccine in the 1940s.
Hydrogen bomb – Edward Teller, the father of hydrogen bomb, was a professor at Berkeley and a researcher at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Immunotherapy of cancer – James P. Allison discovers and develops monoclonal antibody therapy that uses the immune system to combat cancer 1992–1995.
Molecular clock – Allan Wilson discovery in 1967.
Neuroplasticity – Marian Diamond discovers structural, biochemical, and synaptic changes in brain caused by environmental enrichment 1964
Oncogene – Peter Duesberg discovers first cancer causing gene in a virus 1970s.
Telomerase – Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol Greider, and Jack Szostak discover enzyme that promotes cell division and growth 1985.
Vitamin E – Gladys Anderson Emerson isolates Vitamin E in a pure form in 1952.
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Atomic bomb by J. Robert Oppenheimer, carbon 14 and its photosynthesis, covalent bond, cyclotron, and etc.
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| 4,852 |
Should I buy a gravel bike or a down country mountain bike?
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Although there is reasonable overlap in what you can use gravel and downcountry bikes for, the answer her largely depends on what you plan to do the most of and if trail riding will be important for you. Gravel bikes are great for covering offroad miles more efficiently and long days in the saddle both on road or offroad. However, the lack of any meaningful suspension means that or but a small amount of time off paths and more established trails will be hard work. Downcountry bikes will enable you to go on a wider range of terrain, inlcuding the ability to do trail riding (be very careful before trying to navigate downhill trails on a gravel bike!). However, downcountry bikes are usually heavier but the full suspension and geometry makes them less efficient compared to a gravel bike.
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| 4,853 |
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Why is breaking up so hard to do?
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Being in a relationship always has ups and downs, but ending a relationship is one of the hardest things humans do because we often feel the loss of hope and uncertainty about the future. We become familiar with having a person in our lives and they often feel like a safety net, so losing that sense of safety is scary. Ultimately, we have to do what is best for our own well being and move on. One might find comfort on spending time with friends and family and a strong support network during this difficult time.
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| 4,855 |
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Name the most famous detective books in the history
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- Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie (1934)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1902)
- The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett (1930)
- The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler (1939)
- The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (1980)
- In the Woods by Tana French (2007)
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What are microservices?
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Microservices are an architectural and organizational approach to software development where software is composed of small independent services that communicate over well-defined APIs. These services are owned by small, self-contained teams.
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| 4,857 |
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What is the holiday of Passover about?
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Passover is a Jewish holiday which commemorates the events of the book of Exodus, when Israelites fled oppression in Ancient Egypt
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| 4,861 |
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Please explain why adding more indexes to a relational database is not always beneficial for speeding up workloads.
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At a high level, an index over a specific table can speed up the execution of a query that accesses the table provided that the query references a compatible subset of columns that the index covers and that the cost of using the index is lower than alternatives (e.g., simply scanning the whole table or using another index). At the same time, the index needs to be kept up-to-date with the table, which means that each table update (insertion or deletion of new rows, or updates to existing rows for the columns that the index covers) will now cost more as the relational database system has to also propagate the update to the index. Thus, the usefulness of adding an index to a workload will depend on the fraction of queries that can benefit from the index, and on the mix of queries and updates.
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| 4,862 |
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How many episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones did Alan Taylor direct?
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Alan Taylor directed the last two episodes of the first season of Game of Thrones: Baelor and Fire and Blood.
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| 4,864 |
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What is the difference between a corporate venture function and institutional venture firm?
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A corporate venture function, commonly known as a CVC, is typically a team within an operating entity that is focused on venture investing on behalf of its parent company. Investments completed by a corporate venture function is usually related to the industry the parent company operates in and investment goals are strategic in additional to being financial. An institutional venture firm is a standalone company whose operations is solely focused on investments and the focus is on financial returns.
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What does the idiom burning your bridges mean?
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Burning your bridges means don't do something that can be regretted later. An example of this would be a person who does not exhibit good character in a relationship and later on tries to take advantage of that relationship as if nothing bad ever happened. This idiom can be used in sentences describing many different types of relationships, such as friendships and employment, that do not end well.
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Give me some examples of Cockney Rhyming Slang and help me understand how it works.
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Cockney rhyming slang is a slang language originating from the East End in London, United Kingdom. It has a simple structure where a rhyming word or phrase is used in substitution of the word's true meaning. Examples:
Apples and pears = stairs
Adam and Eve = believe
Barnaby Rudge = judge
Bees and Honey = money
Dog and Bone = Phone
Hank Marvin = starving
Lady Godiva = fiver
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Is streaming better than cable?
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Streaming, which is a short-hand term for on-demand programming streamed over the internet, is available from many service providers including Netflix, Disney, Hulu, and Amazon. It is often considered better than cable because there is more original content and the content can be downloaded or consumed at any time, which is more flexible as compared to the standard cable packages offered. While streaming is considered more flexible, it can be expensive since most people consume streaming services from many providers, increasing the aggregate cost of subscriptions.
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What is AWS EMR?
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Amazon EMR (previously called Amazon Elastic MapReduce) is a managed cluster platform that simplifies running big data frameworks, such as Apache Hadoop and Apache Spark , on AWS to process and analyze vast amounts of data.
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| 4,872 |
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What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
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Similes describe similarities using words such as "like" and "as" which make explicit comparisons whereas metaphors compare things using implicit comparisons.
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| 4,873 |
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What are the four primary states of matter? Answer in bullet point list, and capitalize each words
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- Solid
- Liquid
- Gas
- Plasma
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| 4,874 |
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If I have a dollar, two nickels and a quarter, how much money in total do I have. Please respond with numbers and the dollar sign only, no words.
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$1.35
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open_qa
| 4,875 |
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Why do muscle twitch (or twinge)?
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Muscle twitch could be related to too much stress, caffeine, poor diet or lack of exercise.
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| 4,877 |
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Why do people like to workout?
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People like to workout for a variety of different reasons. Working out can help you release stress if you've had a long day or are under a lot of stress at work. Working out can help you release toxins in your body that are bad for your health. Working out can help your heart stay healthy to avoid complications as you get older. Working out can help you build muscle so that you are strong and building muscle also helps with cleansing out bad cells from your body. Not all people enjoy working out, but it has a lot of benefits to staying healthy as we grow older.
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| 4,878 |
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What is sake and how is it made?
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Sake is an alcoholic beverage that originated in Japan hundreds of years ago and is now enjoyed around the world. Despite being sometimes called a “rice wine”, Sake is actually a brewed beverage that is more similar to beer than it is to wine. Sake typically has an ABV of around 15%.
Sake is made from 4 ingredients: rice, yeast, water and Koji. First, rice is washed and then steamed. Then the rice goes into a special room where the environment is tightly controlled called the “Koji Room” where a special enzyme called Koji is sprinkled on the rice. The Koji converts the starch in the rice to sugar. Then, yeast and water is added to the rice in a large container to start the fermentation process of converting the sugar in alcohol. One the mixture is fermented to the right ABV, then the mixture is pressed which separates the liquid from the residue rice. Typically, the sake is the bottled and pasteurized for longer shelf life.
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| 4,879 |
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Who is Shigeru
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Shigeru is a famous video game developer. He is from Japan and has designed popular iconic games such as Donkey Kong, Mario Kart, Legend of Zelda...etc.
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| 4,882 |
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How long was the Titanic?
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The RMS Titanic was 882 feet long. The Titanic was considered unsinkable; however a collision with an iceberg led to its tragic demise and it sunk on April 14, 1912.
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| 4,886 |
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Given a reference text that provides the geographical description of continent Asia, how many Asian countries have a part of their land in Europe as well?
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Asia is the largest continent on Earth. It covers 9% of the Earth's total surface area (or 30% of its land area), and has the longest coastline, at 62,800 kilometres (39,022 mi). Asia is generally defined as comprising the eastern four-fifths of Eurasia. It is located to the east of the Suez Canal and the Ural Mountains, and south of the Caucasus Mountains (or the Kuma–Manych Depression) and the Caspian and Black Seas. It is bounded on the east by the Pacific Ocean, on the south by the Indian Ocean and on the north by the Arctic Ocean. Asia is subdivided into 49 countries, five of them (Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey) are transcontinental countries lying partly in Europe. Geographically, Russia is partly in Asia, but is considered a European nation, both culturally and politically.
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5
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| 4,889 |
List 10 best switch games of all time.
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According to the metacritic website, the top 10 switch games of all time are:
1. The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
2. Super Mario Odyssey
3. Portal Companion Collection
4. The House in Fata Morgana - Dreams of the Revenants Edition
5. Tetris Effect: Connected
6. Metroid Prime Remastered
7. Persona 5 Royal
8. Hades
9. Divinity: Original Sin II - Definitive Edition
10. Ori and the Will of the Wisps
The top 10 lists from other websites may vary.
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general_qa
| 4,892 |
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How did Kdramas become so popular?
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Korean dramas or Kdramas have been popular for over 2 decades now. However, the rise in popularity shot up during the pandemic. Kdramas were initially watched by people in Southeast Asian countries and in some places in South Asia. When the pandemic hit, a lot of Kdramas were available on Netflix making it easier for people to watch them. With the word of mouth, this soon spread and more and more users were watching Kdramas. Netflix took advantage of this viewership and starting making dramas of their own or buying rights for dramas to be streaming exclusively on Netflix. This soon led to Disney and other platforms making dramas of their own. Kpop has also helped in attracting viewers. Whether it's the captivating story plot, the acting, actors or action, the Hallyu wave has spread throughout the world.
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| 4,893 |
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Why do people like sports?
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Many people like to play and watch sports in their free time. Sports a great way to stay active and get exercise. When you take part in a team sport, there is sense of camaraderie as you and your teammates achieve a shared goal. It is also fun to watch sports, since many of these athletes are the best in their craft. In addition, since many cities have their own teams, there is a sense of community when you and your neighbors can support a team together.
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| 4,898 |
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In the series A Song of Ice and Fire, who is the founder of House Hightower?
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Uthor of the High Tower
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open_qa
| 4,900 |
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What are the words of House Frey?
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"We Stand Together"
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open_qa
| 4,902 |
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It really depends on where you will ride the bicycle, how often you will use it, if the bicycle be used for competing or pleasure and your body type. One more thing to consider will be the budget you want to invest for the bicycle.
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More than just the budget you should also consider the purpose of the bicycle - pleasure or compete and your body size. If you consider it for pleasure my suggestion would be to search online the different models and have a look of them into a shop, try the bicycle and then find the best price.
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| 4,903 |
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Given this paragraph about composer Arvo Pärt, tell me where and when he studied composition and with which teacher.
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Pärt's musical education began at the age of seven when he began attending music school in Rakvere. By his early teenage years, Pärt was writing his own compositions. His first serious study came in 1954 at the Tallinn Music Middle School, but less than a year later he temporarily abandoned it to fulfill military service, playing oboe and percussion in the army band. After his military service he attended the Tallinn Conservatory, where he studied composition with Heino Eller and it was said of him, "he just seemed to shake his sleeves and the notes would fall out". During the 1950s, he also completed his first vocal composition, the cantata Meie aed ('Our Garden') for children's choir and orchestra. He graduated in 1963.
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Arvo Pärt studied composition at the Tallinn Conservatory during the 1950s. His composition teacher was Heino Eller.
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| 4,906 |
What are the words of House Royce?
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"We Remember"
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| 4,907 |
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Who is Mother Teresa?
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Mother Teresa was was an Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and the founder of the Missionaries of Charity. She was born in 1910 and died in September of 1997. When she was 18, moved to Ireland and then to India, where she lived most of her life.
The Missionaries of charity manages homes for people who are dying of HIV/AIDS, leprosy, and tuberculosis. They also run soup kitchens, dispensaries, mobile clinics, children's and family counseling programs, as well as orphanages and schools. Members of this congregation take vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and also profess a fourth vow: to give "wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor." Pope Francis canonized her St. Teresa of Calcutta on September 4th, 2016 in St. Peter's Square in Vatican City.
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| 4,908 |
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