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The Columbia Plateau is an example of a steppe region in North America outside of what region, sometimes simply called the Plains, and is a broad expanse of flatland located west of the Mississippi and east of the Rocky Mountains?
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It's outside the Great Plains region of North America.
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"text": "The shortgrass prairie steppe is the westernmost part of the Great Plains region. The Columbia Plateau in Southern British Columbia, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington state, is an example of a steppe region in North America outside of the Great Plains."
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"text": "The Great Plains (French: Grandes Plaines), sometimes simply \"the Plains\", is a broad expanse of flatland located west of the Mississippi River and east of the Rocky Mountains, much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland. It is the southern and main part of the Interior Plains of North America, which also include the tallgrass prairie between the Great Lakes and Appalachian Plateau, and the Taiga Plains and Boreal Plains ecozones in Northern Canada."
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The Ibadi movement and followers of the Zaydi are both related to what?
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Islam
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"text": "Followers of the Zaydi Islamic jurisprudence are called Zaydi Shia and make up about 35% of Muslims in Yemen, with the greatest majority of Shia Muslims in that country being of the Zaydi school of thought."
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"text": "For other uses, see Ibadi (disambiguation). The Ibadi movement ( Ibadism or Ibāḍiyya, also known as the Ibadis ( Arabic: الإباضية , al-Ibāḍiyyah )), is a school of Islam dominant in Oman. It also exists in parts of Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and East Africa."
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The statistical method used in anomaly detection to identify observations in low-density regions is frequently used to estimate what item from signal processing?
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Density estimation is used to estimate the spectral density of the signal.
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"text": "Density estimation is also frequently used in anomaly detection or novelty detection: if an observation lies in a very low-density region, it is likely to be an anomaly or a novelty."
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"text": "In statistical signal processing, the goal of spectral density estimation ( SDE) is to estimate the spectral density (also known as the power spectral density) of a random signal from a sequence of time samples of the signal. Intuitively speaking, the spectral density characterizes the frequency content of the signal."
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What refers to an inlet bounded the T1 vertebra posteriorly or a wall that contains the rib cage, and the rest is made up of muscle, skin, and fasciae?
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Thoracic.
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"text": "The thoracic wall or chest wall is the boundary of the thoracic cavity . A transverse section of the thorax, showing the contents of the middle and the posterior mediastinum. The bony skeletal part of the thoracic wall is the rib cage, and the rest is made up of muscle, skin, and fasciae ."
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"text": "The thoracic inlet is bounded by: the first thoracic vertebra (T1) posteriorly; the first pair of ribs laterally, forming lateral C-shaped curves posterior to anterior; and the costal cartilage of the first rib and the superior border of the manubrium anteriorly ."
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How far away is Villers-Bretonneux from the city that has the largest church in France in terms of volume?
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Villers-Bretonneux is about 19 kilometers due east of this city.
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"text": "Villers-Bretonneux is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Villers-Bretonneux is situated some 19 km due east of Amiens, on the D1029 road and the A29 motorway ."
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"text": "Amiens (English: /æˈmjæ̃/[2] or /ˈæmiənz/ AM-ee-ənz;[3] French: [amjɛ̃]; Picard: Anmien, Anmiens or Anmyin) is a city and commune in northern France, 120 km (75 mi) north of Paris and 100 km (62 mi) south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France. The city has a population of 136,105 according to the 2006 census, and has one of the biggest university hospitals in France with a capacity of 1,200 beds. Amiens Cathedral is the largest church in France in terms of volume, estimated to be 200,000 cubic metres (260,000 cu yd)."
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In the show Brothers & Sisters, the character who doesn't find out that William Walker isn't her biological father is married to whom?
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Sarah Walker is married to Luc Laurent.
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"text": "Sarah is a member of the Walker Family, but doesn't find out William Walker isn't her biological father until season 5. A businesswoman in the family business and a mother of two young children, Sarah often struggles to balance her personal life with the duty of being a mother and a wife."
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"text": "Luc Laurent, husband of Sarah Walker; painter and former underwear model. Most of the season focuses on The Walkers dealing with the loss of William Walker and the secrets uncovered by his death, most notably the discovery of Holly Harper, a woman he had an affair with, and her daughter Rebecca."
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The period that ran between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek Achaean League heartlands becan with what war?
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The Hellenistic period began with the wars of the Diadochi.
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"text": "Hellenistic Greece is the historical period of the country following Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek Achaean League heartlands by the Roman Republic."
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"text": "The Hellenistic period began with the wars of the Diadochi, armed contests among the former generals of Alexander the Great to carve up his empire in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. The wars lasted until 275 BC, witnessing the fall of both the Argead and Antipatrid dynasties of Macedonia in favor of the Antigonid dynasty. The era was also marked by successive wars between the Kingdom of Macedonia and its allies against the Aetolian League, Achaean League, and the city-state of Sparta."
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How many species are in the genus of the family of nematocerous Diptera to which the phantom crane belongs?
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There are at least 70 described species in Ptychoptera.
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"text": "Ptychoptera is a genus of phantom crane flies in the family Ptychopteridae. There are at least 70 described species in Ptychoptera. ^ a b \" Ptychoptera Report\". Integrated Taxonomic Information System."
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"text": "The Ptychopteridae, phantom crane flies, are a small family (three extant genera) of nematocerous Diptera. Superficially similar in appearance to other \"tipuloid\" families, they lack the ocelli of the Trichoceridae, the five-branched radial vein of the Tanyderidae, and the two anal veins that reach the wing margins of the Tipulidae. They are usually allied with the Tanyderidae based on similarities of the mesonotal suture, this group being called the Ptychopteromorpha."
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The air defense of what country that own Alvin ( DSV-2) relies on a range of ground launched missiles ranging from hand held to vehicle mounted systems?
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United States
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"text": "United States Army air defense relies on a range of ground launched missiles ranging from hand held to vehicle mounted systems. The Air Defense Artillery is the branch that specializes in anti-aircraft weapons (such as surface-to-air missiles )."
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"text": "Alvin ( DSV-2) is a manned deep-ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy and operated by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. The vehicle was built by General Mills ' Electronics Group in Minneapolis, Minnesota."
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The Ribbon of Green and thriving Mennonite farming communities are both found in what valley area?
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The Saskatchewan Valley.
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"text": "Thriving Mennonite farming communities were quickly established in the Saskatchewan Valley area in the vicinities of Aberdeen, Laird, Waldheim, Langham, Dalmeny, and Rosthern particularly. Churches were established, land was broken and cropped and roads were built."
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"text": "The North Saskatchewan River valley parks system, also known as the Ribbon of Green or the River Valley Parks, is a continuous collection of urban parks around the North Saskatchewan River valley in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada."
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The last name of the tribune of the soldiers in 209 BC means what?
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“golden, blonde”
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"text": "Gaius Decimius Flavus, as tribune of the soldiers in 209 BC, rescued Marcus Claudius Marcellus from defeat by repulsing a charge of Hannibal's elephants. In 184 he was praetor urbanus. He died during his year of office."
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"text": "golden, blonde; the feminine form of the Roman family name Flavius. Flavia is an Ancient Roman name meaning “blonde” from the Latin word “flavus”, meaning “golden, blonde”. It is a feminine form of the Roman family name Flavius. The name is most commonly used in Italy, Romania, Brazil ( Portuguese: Flávia) and in Spanish -speaking countries."
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Who was the most famous captain-lieutenant in French history that is generally equivalent to the Commonwealth?
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D'Artagnan.
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"text": "D'Artagnan is perhaps the most famous captain-lieutenant in French history, as commander of the first mousquetaire company. Kapitänleutnant is an OF2 rank equivalent to the Hauptmann (en: Captain) in the German Army and the German Air Force ."
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What area of New York that is delineated on the north by 14th Street is home to the Financial District and the World Trade Center site?
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Lower Manhattan
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"text": "Lower Manhattan is defined most commonly as the area delineated on the north by 14th Street, on the west by the Hudson River, on the east by the East River, and on the south by New York Harbor (also known as Upper New York Bay )."
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"text": "The Lower Manhattan business district forms the core of the area below Chambers Street. It includes the Financial District (often referred to as Wall Street, after its primary artery) and the World Trade Center site. At the island's southern tip is Battery Park; City Hall is just to the north of the Financial District."
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What citizen-soldiers of the Ancient Greek city-states formed the backbone of the Athenian military on land?
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The backbone of the Athenian military on land was the hoplite.
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"text": "Hoplites ( HOP-lytes) ( Ancient Greek: ὁπλίτης) were citizen-soldiers of Ancient Greek city-states who were primarily armed with spears and shields. Hoplite soldiers utilized the phalanx formation to be effective in war with fewer soldiers."
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"text": "The Athenian military was the military force of Athens, one of the major city-states ( poleis) of Ancient Greece. It was largely similar to other armies of the region – see Ancient Greek warfare . In the manner of neighboring city-states, the backbone of the Athenian military on land was the hoplite."
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Prophecies attributed to Prajñātārā are included in what thing that biographies or anecdotes involving a number of other figures known in the Chan/Zen tradition??
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Transmission of the Lamp
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"text": "In addition to the acknowledged Chan patriarchs, the Transmission of the Lamp includes biographies or anecdotes involving a number of other figures known in the Chan/Zen tradition, including members of the Oxhead school, Layman Pang, and influential disciples of Chinese masters who were not recognized as patriarchs."
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"text": "The Transmission of the Lamp records several prophecies attributed to Prajñātārā by later Chinese patriarchs."
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When Pausanias visited Scillus, the temple of Artemis and a statue of what person who was gifted the town by the Lacedaemonians remained?
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Xenophon
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"text": "Scillus stood amidst woods and meadows, and afforded abundant pasture for cattle; while the neighbouring mountains supplied wild hogs, roebucks, and stags. When Pausanias visited Scillus five centuries afterwards the temple of Artemis still remained, and a statue of Xenophon, made of Pentelic marble."
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"text": "Scillus remained desolate till about 392 BCE, when the Lacedaemonians, who had a few years previously compelled the Eleians to renounce their supremacy over their dependent cities, colonised Scillus and gave it to Xenophon, then an exile from Athens"
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What type of dental fricatives are pronounced differently between English dialects, that is rarely stood for a /t/ sound like in Thailand?
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The voiced and voiceless dental fricative.
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"text": "In some dialects, both as spoken by native speakers and by L2 speakers of English, the \"th\"-sound phonemes /θ/ and /ð/ are pronounced differently than the dental fricatives [θ] and [ð]."
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"text": "In English, the digraph ⟨th⟩ represents in most cases one of two different phonemes: the voiced dental fricative /ð/ (as in this) and the voiceless dental fricative /θ/ ( thing ). More rarely, it can stand for /t/ ( Thailand, Thames) or the cluster /tθ/ ( eighth )."
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The concrete Pahinungod had a transfer away from where, called its Exodus?
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Manila.
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"text": "The transfer of the Oblation to its new home served as the highlight of the move from Manila, which is historically referred to as the Exodus. The sculpture in front of the Quezon Hall at UP Diliman was installed facing west, purportedly a tribute to the American roots of the University."
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"text": "The Oblation (Filipino: Pahinungod, Oblasyon) is a concrete statue by Philippine National Artist artist Guillermo Tolentino which serves as the iconic symbol of the University of the Philippines. It depicts a man facing upward with arms outstretched, symbolizing selfless offering of oneself to his union."
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Belial is the name of a what, of which ágbàrà or álúsí are types?
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Spirits
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"text": "Chineke therefore means the Creator or the God that created all things. Lesser spirits known as ágbàrà or álúsí operate below the high God Chineke and are each a part of Chineke divided by gender in their mind. These spirits represent natural forces; agbara as a divine force manifests as separate alụsị in the Igbo pantheon."
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"text": "Zagan is depicted as a griffin -winged bull that turns into a man after a while. Belial (also Belhor, Baalial, Beliar, Beliall, Beliel) is listed as the sixty-eighth spirit of The Lesser Key of Solomon. He is a King of Hell with 80 legions of demons, and 50 legions of spirits, under his command."
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The state mammal of New Mexico belongs to a family with how many living species?
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The American black bear, the state mammal of New Mexico, belongs to the bear family, which has eight living species.
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"text": "The American black bear is the state mammal of New Mexico. This is a list of mammals in New Mexico. It includes mammals extirpated from New Mexico and species introduced into the state. A total of 169 mammals are listed. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mammals of New Mexico."
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"text": "Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae. They are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere."
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The moment of inertia explains that while a body is moving on a level surface in the same direction and at the same speed that the moment of inertia will become what?
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Smaller
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"text": "A body moving on a level surface will continue in the same direction at a constant speed unless disturbed."
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"text": "If the angular momentum of a system is constant, then as the moment of inertia gets smaller, the angular velocity must increase. This occurs when spinning figure skaters pull in their outstretched arms or divers curl their bodies into a tuck position during a dive, to spin faster."
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The placenta of certain mammals contains structures known as what which receive fetal blood from chorionic vessels?
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Cotyledons
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"text": "The cotyledons receive fetal blood from chorionic vessels, which branch off cotyledon vessels into the cotyledons, which, in turn, branch into capillaries. The cotyledons are surrounded by maternal blood, which can exchange oxygen and nutrients with the fetal blood in the capillaries."
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"text": "The placenta of certain mammals contains structures known as cotyledons, which transmit fetal blood and allow exchange of oxygen and nutrients with the maternal blood. The Artiodactyla have a cotyledonary placenta."
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Who coached No. 1 seed Houston in the 1983 NCAA basketball tournament?
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Houston was coached by Guy Lewis.
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"text": "North Carolina State, coached by Jim Valvano, won the national title with a 54–52 victory in the final game over Houston, coached by Guy Lewis. The ending of the final game is one of the most famous in college basketball history, with a buzzer-beating dunk by Lorenzo Charles off a desperation shot from 30 feet out by Dereck Whittenburg ."
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"text": "The 1983 NCAA tournament ended with NC State's Cinderella title thanks to a 54-52 upset win against No. 1 seed Houston. Even though NC State won the championship, Houston's Akeem Olajuwon was named the Most Outstanding Player. NC State became the first team to win six NCAA tournament games to win the championship."
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M.Arch and Master of Arts are both titles conferred by what?
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academic institutions
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"text": "The Master of Architecture (M.Arch.) is a professional degree in architecture, qualifying the graduate to move through the various stages of professional accreditation ( internship, exams) that result in receiving a license."
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"text": "At Oxford, Cambridge and the University of Dublin, the title of Master of Arts is conferred after a certain number of years, without further examination, to those who have graduated as Bachelor of Arts and who have the requisite years' standing as members of the university or as graduates."
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CKOM is a radio station in a country where what corporation is made up of thirteen owned-and-operated stations and seven private affiliates?
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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"text": "Ici Radio-Canada Télé operates as a Canadian French language television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (known in French as Société Radio-Canada) made up of thirteen owned-and-operated stations and seven private affiliates."
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"text": "CKOM is a radio station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada broadcasting at 650 kHz on the AM band. Its format is news/talk. It shares studio space with sister stations CFMC and CJDJ at 715 Saskatchewan Crescent West, also the home of Rawlco Radio 's Corporate Offices."
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Are Episcopal Divinity School and Sewanee: The University of the South in the same state or in different states?
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They are in different states.
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"text": "The Episcopal Divinity School ( EDS) is a theological school in New York City that trains students for service with the Episcopal Church. It is affiliated with the Union Theological Seminary."
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"text": "Sewanee: The University of the South, commonly known as Sewanee ( / səˈwɑːni / ), is a private Episcopal liberal arts college in Sewanee, Tennessee. It is owned by 28 southern dioceses of the Episcopal Church and its School of Theology is an official seminary of the church."
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Timbarra and Tweed are both names of what?
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Rivers
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"text": "Timbarra River, a mostly perennial stream of the Clarence River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands district of New South Wales, Australia ."
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"text": "The River Tweed is a short tributary of the River Sence. It rises around the west of the village of Barwell, Leicestershire, England and flows westwards, crossing the A447 at Abraham's Bridge. The Tweed is synonymous with many of the small rivers that rise in West Leicestershire."
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Who had a diaspora within the French borders and in the overseas departments and territories of France and a Korrigan in the folklore?
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Bretons.
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"text": "In Breton folklore, a Korrigan ( [kɔˈriːɡɑ̃n]) is a fairy or dwarf -like spirit. The word korrigan means \"small-dwarf\" ( korr means dwarf, ig is a diminutive and the suffix an is a hypocoristic ). It is closely related to the Cornish word korrik which means gnome."
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"text": "A strong historical emigration has created a Breton diaspora within the French borders and in the overseas departments and territories of France; it is mainly established in the Paris area, where more than one million people claim Breton heritage."
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Which odd-toed ungulate has a similar shape to a pig?
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Tapirs are odd-toed ungulates that has a similar shape to a pig.
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"text": "These include odd-toed ungulates such as horses, rhinoceroses and tapirs, and even-toed ungulates such as cattle, pigs, giraffes, camels, sheep, deer, and hippopotamuses. Cetaceans are also even-toed ungulates although they do not have hooves. Most terrestrial ungulates use the tips of their toes, usually hoofed body weight while moving."
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"text": "The tapir is a large, herbivorous mammal, similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South and Central America, with one species inhabiting Southeast Asia."
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The USS Nimitz and the USS Harry S. Truman both belong to what country's Navy?
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The United States.
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"text": "USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a supercarrier of the United States Navy, and the lead ship of her class."
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"text": "USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz -class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The ship's callsign is Lone Warrior, and she is currently homeported at Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia."
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What kind of substance can have an N-terminus and C-terminus and a bitopic Type IV?
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A protein.
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"text": "The N-terminus and C-terminus of the protein are predicted to be facing the cytosol with the C-terminus containing a long predicted coiled tail extending from the final transmembrane domain."
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"text": "Type IV is bitopic protein with its N-terminus on the cytoplasmic side of the membrane, and the transmembrane helix located close to the C-terminus, where it works as an anchor."
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What is the reference galaxy that contains the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* for something to be considered as extragalactic?
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The Milky Way galaxy.
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"text": "The Galactic Center, as seen by one of the 2MASS infrared telescopes, is located in the bright upper left portion of the image. The Galactic Center (or Galactic Centre) is the rotational center of the Milky Way galaxy; it is a supermassive black hole of 4.100 ± 0.034 million solar masses, which powers the compact radio source Sagittarius A*."
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"text": "Schmidt noted that if this object was extragalactic (outside the Milky Way, at a cosmological distance) then its large redshift of 0.158 implied that it was the nuclear region of a galaxy about 100 times more powerful than other radio galaxies that had been identified."
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The Mycobacterium hiberniae and Mycobacterium diernhoferi are both types of what phylum?
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The Actinobacteria.
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"text": "Mycobacterium hiberniae is a species of the phylum Actinobacteria ( Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium . Etymology Hibernia, Latin for Ireland where it was first isolated."
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"text": "Mycobacterium diernhoferi is a species of the phylum Actinobacteria ( Gram-positive bacteria with high guanine and cytosine content, one of the dominant phyla of all bacteria), belonging to the genus Mycobacterium . Gram-positive, nonmotile and acid-fast rods (2-6 µm x 0.5 µm)."
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Statistical arbitrage, momentum and neutral are all types of what?
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Trading strategies
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"text": "Neutral trading strategies that are bearish on volatility profit when the underlying stock price experiences little or no movement. Such strategies include the short straddle, short strangle, ratio spreads, short condor, short butterfly, and short calendar."
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"text": "As a trading strategy, statistical arbitrage is a heavily quantitative and computational approach to securities trading. It involves data mining and statistical methods, as well as the use of automated trading systems."
},
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"text": "Trend following, or momentum trading, is a strategy used in all trading time-frames, assumes that financial instruments which have been rising steadily will continue to rise, and vice versa with falling. Traders can profit by buying an instrument which has been rising, or short selling a falling one, in the expectation that the trend will continue."
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What unit of measure that is based upon the distance measured by a human hand from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger was also used for measuring cloth?
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Shaku
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"text": "Shaku ( Japanese: 尺) or Japanese foot is a Japanese unit of length derived (but varying) from the Chinese chi, originally based upon the distance measured by a human hand from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger (compare span )."
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"text": "Another shaku variant was used for measuring cloth, which measured 125⁄330 meters (37.9 centimeters or 14.9 inches), and was known as the \"whale shaku\" (鯨尺, kujirajaku), as baleen (whale whiskers) were used as cloth rulers. To distinguish the two variants of shaku, the general unit was known as the \"metal shaku\" (金尺/曲尺, kanejaku).[6] The Shōsōin treasure house in Nara preserves some antique ivory one-shaku rulers, known as the kōgebachiru-no-shaku (紅牙撥鏤尺).[10][11]"
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What country are both the Smith's earth snake and the purple-red snake both found in the same country?
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Both the Smith's earth snake and the purple-red snake are found in India.
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"text": "The purple-red earth snake ( Teretrurus sanguineus) is a species of nonvenomous shield tail snake, endemic to southern India. No subspecies are currently recognized."
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"text": "The species is endemic to India . U. grandis is found in the Anaimalai Hills of Kerala, southern India. U. grandis had been classified in the past as Rhinophis grandis Beddome, Silybura grandis ( Beddome ), and Uropeltis grandis ( Beddome )."
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The "Urban Network" is JR-West's name for its what in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area, of which the Nara Line is an example?
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Commuter rail lines
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"text": "The \"Urban Network\" is JR-West's name for its commuter rail lines in the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area. These lines together comprise 610 km of track, have 245 stations and account for about 40% of JR-West's passenger revenues. Urban Network stations are equipped to handle ICOCA fare cards."
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"text": "The Nara Line (奈良線, Nara-sen) is a commuter rail line in the Osaka–Kobe–Kyoto metropolitan area, operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West)."
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In the region that has many lakes and moraines and Norwegian fjords, what people from this area colonized many areas including holdings in Africa?
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The Danes.
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"text": "The geography of Scandinavia is extremely varied. Notable are the Norwegian fjords, the Scandinavian Mountains, the flat, low areas in Denmark and the archipelagosof Sweden and Norway. Sweden has many lakes and moraines, legacies of the ice age, which ended about ten millennia ago."
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"text": "The Danes colonized many areas including holdings in Africa, the Americas, the Atlantic, and Asia . The medieval Norwegians colonized much of the Atlantic, including Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, which were later inherited as colonies by the united kingdom of Denmark-Norway."
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The thing that was under the absolute leadership of the Central Military Commission and (especially during the long Maoist era) under the political supervision of the PLA General Political Department had its headquarters where?
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Beijing
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"text": "Its duties included PLA Operations Command, Recruitment, Mobilization, Formation, Training and Administration. The PLA General Staff Headquarters was located in Beijing and its last commander was General Fang Fenghui ."
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"text": "The General Staff was under the absolute leadership of the Central Military Commission and (especially during the long Maoist era) under the political supervision of the PLA General Political Department ."
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In the Qur'an, God describes what person, along with his wife and John, as a humble servant of the LORD who shares a name with a character from The CW Television Network 's drama and horror television series Supernatural ?
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Zachariah
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"text": "In the Qur'an, God speaks of Zachariah, his wife, and John, and describes the three as being humble servants of the L ORD : So We listened to him: and We granted him John: We cured his wife's (Barrenness) for him."
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"text": "Zachariah is a fictional character portrayed by Kurt Fuller on The CW Television Network 's drama and horror television series Supernatural. An angel, he first appears in the fourth season and helps manipulate the series protagonist Sam Winchester into releasing Lucifer onto the Earth."
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UTF-32 and UTF-7 are both examples of what?
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Unicode Transformation Formats
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"text": "UTF-32 (32- bit Unicode Transformation Format) is a fixed-length encoding used to encode Unicode code points that uses exactly 32 bits (four bytes) per code point (but a number of leading bits must be zero as there are far fewer than 2 32 Unicode code points, needing actually only 21 bits)."
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"text": "UTF-7 (7- bit Unicode Transformation Format) is an obsolete variable-length character encoding for representing Unicode text using a stream of ASCII characters. It was originally intended to provide a means of encoding Unicode text for use in Internet E-mail messages that was more efficient than the combination of UTF-8 with quoted-printable."
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Pancha Rathas and the Great Temple of Abu Simbel are both examples of what style of architecture?
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Rock-cut architecture
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"text": "The Great Temple of Abu Simbel (ca. 1280 BCE), one of the earliest examples of rock-cut architecture. Rock-cut architecture is the creation of structures, buildings, and sculptures by excavating solid rock where it naturally occurs. Rock-cut architecture is designed and made by man from the start to finish."
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"text": "Pancha Rathas (also known as Five Rathas or Pandava Rathas) is a monument complex at Mahabalipuram, on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, in the Kancheepuram district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Pancha Rathas is an example of monolithic Indian rock-cut architecture."
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Ostsiedlung is the term for the High Medieval migration period of ethnic Germans into and beyond the territories at the eastern periphery of what empire, that was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars?
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They moved beyond the eastern periphery of the Holy Roman Empire.
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"text": "Ostsiedlung ( German pronunciation: [ˈɔstˌziːdlʊŋ], literally East settling) is the term for the High Medieval migration period of ethnic Germans into and beyond the territories at the eastern periphery of the Holy Roman Empire and the consequences for settlement development and social structures in the immigration areas."
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"text": "The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in Western and Central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806 during the Napoleonic Wars. The empire was created by joining in personal union and with the imperial title the crown of the Kingdom of Italy with the Frankish crown, particularly the Kingdom of East Francia (later Kingdom of Germany), as well as titles of other smaller territories."
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Laguna Beach State Marine Reserve and Laguna Beach State Marine Conservation Area are two adjoining marine protected areas that extend offshore of what California seaside resort city located in southern Orange Country that was settled in the 1870s and officially founded in 1887?
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They border Laguna Beach, CA.
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"text": "Laguna Beach State Marine Reserve (SMR) and Laguna Beach State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) are two adjoining marine protected areas that extend offshore of Laguna Beach in Orange County on California ’s south coast. The SMR covers 6.27 square miles, and the SMCA covers an additional 3.44 square miles."
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"text": "Laguna Beach (/ləˈɡuːnə/) is a seaside resort city located in southern Orange County, California, in the United States. It is known for a mild year-round climate, scenic coves, environmental preservation, and an artist community. Laguna Beach was settled in the 1870s and officially founded in 1887, and in 1927 its current government was incorporated as a city."
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Who wrote both the libretto and the music for the Ride of the Valkyries?
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Richard Wagner wrote them for the Ride of the Valkyries.
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"text": "Unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and the music for each of his stage works."
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"text": "The \" Ride of the Valkyries \" (German: Walkürenritt or Ritt der Walküren) refers to the beginning of act 3 of Die Walküre, the second of the four operas constituting Richard Wagner 's Der Ring des Nibelungen . Problems playing this file? See media help."
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The central government institution charged with leading the foreign policy and foreign relations of Russia is headquartered in a skyscraper that is how tall?
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The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia's main building is 172 meters or 564 feet tall.
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"text": "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ( MFA Russia; Russian: Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации, МИД РФ) is the central government institution charged with leading the foreign policy and foreign relations of Russia."
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"text": "The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia main building is one of seven Stalinist skyscrapers, designed and overseen by Vladimir Gelfreykh and Adolf Minkus. The skyscraper has 27 levels and is 172 metres (564 ft) tall. It's covered by a light external stone wall with projecting pilasters and pylons."
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Cycloplegia and the ciliary ganglion are both found where?
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The eye.
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"text": "Cycloplegia is paralysis of the ciliary muscle of the eye, resulting in a loss of accommodation. Because of the paralysis of the ciliary muscle, the curvature of the lens can no longer be adjusted to focus on nearby objects."
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The capital of Phuket Province is located in the northeast part of what capital district in Thailand?
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Phuket is in the northeast of Mueang Phuket Province.
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"text": "Mueang Phuket District ( Thai: เมืองภูเก็ต, pronounced [mɯ̄a̯ŋ pʰūː.kèt]) is the capital district ( amphoe mueang) of Phuket Province, Thailand. Phuket town itself is in the district's northeast. The district encompasses the southern part of the island of Phuket."
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"text": "Phuket (/puːˈkɛt/ poo-KET; Thai: เทศบาลนครภูเก็ต or ภูเก็ต, pronounced [pʰūː.kèt]) is a city in the southeast of Phuket Island, Thailand. It is the capital of Phuket Province. As of 2020 the city had a population of 79,308. It covers the subdistricts (tambons) Talat Yai (Thai: ตลาดใหญ่) and Talat Nuea (Thai: ตลาดเหนือ) of Mueang Phuket District."
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The ethnic Crimeans and the Mishars are both groups of what kind of people?
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Tartars.
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"text": "Crimean Tatars ( Crimean Tatar: qırımtatarlar, къырымтатарлар) or Crimeans ( Crimean Tatar: qırımlar, къырымлар ), are an East European Turkic ethnic group and nation, who are an indigenous people of Crimea."
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"text": "Mişär-Tatars (or Mishars) are a group of Tatars speaking a dialect of the Tatar language. They live in Chelyabinsk, Tambov, Penza, Ryazan and Nizhegorodskaya oblasts of Russia and in Bashkortostan and Mordovia. They lived near and along the Volga River, in Tatarstan."
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In stock trading, one of the most widely used multiples is what type of thing, of which accounting and financial are other varieties?
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A ratio
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"text": "A financial ratio or accounting ratio is a relative magnitude of two selected numerical values taken from an enterprise's financial statements. Often used in accounting, there are many standard ratios used to try to evaluate the overall financial condition of a corporation or other organization."
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"text": "In stock trading, one of the most widely used multiples is the price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio or PER) which is popular in part due to its wide availability and to the importance ascribed to earnings per share as a value driver."
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The complex nature of what place's linguistic situation, in which Anglo-Quebecers ( anglophone) are a minority in the officially French-speaking ( francophone) territory, with individuals who are often bilingual or multilingual, requires the use of multiple terms in order to describe the languages which people speak?
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Quebec
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"text": "Anglo-Quebecers ( anglophone) are a minority in the officially French-speaking ( francophone) province of Quebec, Canada. The English-speaking community in Quebec constitutes an official linguistic minority population under Canadian law. It has been found that 40.6% of the population speak English."
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"text": "The complex nature of Quebec's linguistic situation, with individuals who are often bilingual or multilingual, requires the use of multiple terms in order to describe the languages which people speak. Speaking French as a first language. Speaking English as a first language."
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How many departments is Colombia divided into and what is province used to refer to?
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Colombia is divided into 32 departments. Provinces are a generic name applied to provinces, districts, regions and subregions. These are generally internal administrative authorities of the departments, more historical than legal.
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"text": "However, there are also provinces, a generic name applied to provinces, districts, regions and subregions. These are generally internal administrative authorities of the departments, more historical than legal."
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"text": "Colombia is divided into 32 departments. These in turn are divided into municipalities, though some receive the special category of district."
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What can be made from any one of five general categories of biomass: industrial waste and co-products, food waste, agricultural residues, energy crops, and virgin lumber or are usually a mixture of dry powdered feedstock, such as flour, sawdust, or grass, and a wet ingredient, such as molasses or steam?
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Pellets.
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"text": "Pellets can be made from any one of five general categories of biomass: industrial waste and co-products, food waste, agricultural residues, energy crops, and virgin lumber."
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"text": "Animal feed pellets are usually a mixture of dry powdered feedstock, such as flour, sawdust, or grass, and a wet ingredient, such as molasses or steam. Feedstocks for pellet mills can sometimes break down and then re-form, or polymerize, under the extreme heat and pressure of the pellet mill."
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What helicopter with a company designation of S-61 featured engines that are optimized to produce shaftpower rather than jet thrust?
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The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King had this feature.
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"text": "The Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King (company designation S-61) is an American twin-engined anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter designed and built by Sikorsky Aircraft. A landmark design, it was one of the first ASW rotorcraft to use turboshaft engines."
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"text": "A turboshaft engine is a form of gas turbine that is optimized to produce shaftpower rather than jet thrust. In concept, turboshaft engines are very similar to turbojets, with additional turbine expansion to extract heat energy from the exhaust and convert it into output shaft power. They are even more similar to turboprops, with only minor differences, and a single engine is often sold in both forms.Turboshaft engines are commonly used in applications that require a sustained high power output, high reliability, small size, and light weight."
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The destroyer Akikaze was fought in what straits that "Bungo Pete", sank four US submarines in?
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Bungo Straits
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"text": "A World War II US Navy submarine officer, Commander P.J. Richardson ( Clark Gable ), is determined to get revenge on an ace Japanese destroyer captain, nicknamed \"Bungo Pete\", who has sunk four US submarines in the Bungo Straits, including his previous command."
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"text": "Since the Japanese believe the Nerka has been sunk, he returns to the Bungo Straits to fight the destroyer Akikaze, which the submarine sinks, only to be attacked again by a mystery torpedo. Richardson deduces that the Akikaze was not working alone to sink US submarines; a Japanese submarine was working in concert with it."
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What kind of wild plant that is probably neither a hybrid nor a selected cultivar, is the same kind of plant like the Erysimum genus?
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Flowers.
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"text": "A wildflower (or wild flower) is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. The term implies that the plant probably is neither a hybrid nor a selected cultivar that is in any way different from the way it appears in the wild as a native plant, even if it is growing where it would not naturally."
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"text": "Erysimum, or wallflower, is a genus of flowering plants in the cabbage family, Brassicaceae. It includes more than 150 species, both popular garden plants and many wild forms."
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North Mamm and Atlantic are both names of what?
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Summits
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"text": "Atlantic Peak, elevation 13,835 ft (4,217 m), is a summit in the Tenmile Range of central Colorado. The peak is southwest of Breckenridge in the Arapaho National Forest. Its summit is visible close by to the northwest from the summit of Quandary Peak, a popular 14er in Colorado. It is often hiked together with nearby Pacific Peak."
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"text": "North Mamm Peak is a prominent mountain summit on Grand Mesa in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,129-foot (3,392 m) peak is located in White River National Forest, 11.6 miles (18.6 km) south-southwest ( bearing 205°) of the Town of Rifle in Garfield County, Colorado, United States. This section is empty. You can help by adding to it."
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CKOM is a radio station in a country where media is generally owned by what?
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A small number of companies: Bell, Corus, Rogers, Quebecor and the government-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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"text": "CKOM is a radio station in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada broadcasting at 650 kHz on the AM band. Its format is news/talk. It shares studio space with sister stations CFMC and CJDJ at 715 Saskatchewan Crescent West, also the home of Rawlco Radio 's Corporate Offices."
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"text": "Apart from a limited number of community broadcasters, media in Canada are primarily owned by a small number of companies: Bell, Corus, Rogers, Quebecor and the government-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation."
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The Sacred Heart Cathedral is a Catholic church in what city that is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina?
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The Sacred Heart Cathedral is in Sarajevo.
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"text": "The Sacred Heart Cathedral ( Serbo-Croatian: Katedrala Srca Isusova/Катедрала Срца Исусова) is a Catholic church in Sarajevo; commonly referred as the Sarajevo Cathedral ( Sarajevska katedrala/Сарајевска катедрала ), it is the largest cathedral in Bosnia and Herzegovina."
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"text": "Sarajevo (/ˌsærəˈjeɪvoʊ/ SARR-ə-YAY-voh; Cyrillic: Сарајево, pronounced [sǎrajeʋo] (About this soundlisten); see names in other languages) is the capital[6] and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,569 in its administrative limits.[5][7] The Sarajevo metropolitan area including Sarajevo Canton, East Sarajevo and nearby municipalities is home to 555,210 inhabitants.[a][8] Located within the greater Sarajevo valley of Bosnia, it is surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of the Balkans, a region of Southern Europe."
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Which two individuals are known to have portrayed Darth Vader in the original trilogy of the Star Wars franchise?
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David Prowse physically portrayed Vader while James Earl Jones voiced him in the original trilogy.
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"text": "Darth Vaderis a fictional character in the Star Warsfranchise. The character is the primary antagonistin the original trilogyand, as Anakin Skywalker, is a primary protagonistin the prequel trilogy. Star Warscreator George Lucashas collectively referred to the first six episodic films of the franchise as \"the tragedy of Darth Vader\". [3]"
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"text": "The character has been portrayed by numerous actors: David Prowse physically portrayed Vader while James Earl Jones voiced him in the original trilogy, and Sebastian Shaw portrayed the unmasked Anakin in Return of the Jedi, as well as the character's spirit in the original release of that film."
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What is connected by the body part that is cut during a vasectomy?
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The vasa deferentia connects the left and right epididymis with the seminal vesicles.
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"text": "The procedure of deferentectomy, also known as a vasectomy, is a method of contraception in which the vasa deferentia are permanently cut, though in some cases it can be reversed."
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"text": "There are two vasa deferentia, connecting the left and right epididymis with the seminal vesicles to form the ejaculatory duct in order to move sperm. In humans, each tube is about 30 centimeters (1 ft) long, 3 to 5 mm (0.118 to 0.197 inches) in diameter and is muscular (surrounded by smooth muscle). Its epithelium is pseudostratified columnar epithelium lined by stereocilia."
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Chemical structure refers to both electronic structure and what, which itself refers to the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule and the chemical bonds that hold the atoms together?
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Molecular geometry
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"text": "Molecular geometry refers to the spatial arrangement of atoms in a molecule and the chemical bonds that hold the atoms together, and can be represented using structural formulae and by molecular models; complete electronic structure descriptions include specifying the occupation of a molecule's molecular orbitals."
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"text": "Chemical structure refers to both molecular geometry and electronic structure. The structure can be represented by a variety of diagrams called structural formulas. Lewis structures use a dot notation to represent the valence electrons for an atom; these are the electrons that determine the role of the atom in chemical reactions."
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The Japanese man-portable air-defense system whose appearance is similar to the US-made FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missile in colloquially known as what?
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The Type 91 is colloquially known as Hand Arrow.
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"text": "The Type 91 surface-to-air missile (91式携帯地対空誘導弾, 91-shiki Keitai Chitaikū Yūdōdan) is a Japanese man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS). Its appearance is similar to the US-made FIM-92 Stinger anti-aircraft missile."
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Engineered tissue of the oral mucosa which is the lining of the mouth can be used to replace what kind of tissue defects in the oral cavity?
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Soft tissue
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"text": "Tissue engineered oral mucosa shows promise for clinical use, such as the replacement of soft tissue defects in the oral cavity. These defects can be divided into two major categories: the gingival recessions ( receding gums) which are tooth-related defects, and the non tooth-related defects."
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"text": "The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane lining the inside of the mouth. It comprises stratified squamous epithelium, termed \"oral epithelium\", and an underlying connective tissue termed lamina propria. The oral cavity has sometimes been described as a mirror that reflects the health of the individual."
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Who created the fictional comic book alien race briefly known as the Ruul?
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The Kree were created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee.
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"text": "The Kree, briefly known as the Ruul, are a fictional scientifically and technologically advanced militaristic alien race appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. They are native to the planet Hala in the Large Magellanic Cloud . Some of the most notable Kree. Art by Scott Kolins."
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"text": "The first on-panel appearance of the Kree was in Fantastic Four #65 (August 1967), and they were created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee. In their first appearance, the Supreme Intelligence sent Ronan to Earth to investigate what happened to a Kree Sentry, who was destroyed by the Fantastic Four in the previous issue.[1]"
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What is the variant name of the Ouasioto Mountains that shares its namesake with an edge city in Cobb County, Georgia?
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The Cumberland Mountains.
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"text": "The crest of the range forms the Kentucky and Virginia boundary from the Tennessee border to the Russell Fork River. Variant names of the Cumberland Mountains include Cumberland Mountain, Cumberland Range, Ouasioto Mountains, Ouasiota Mountains, Laurel Mountain, and Pine Mountain."
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"text": "/ 33.8761; -84.4598 / 33.8761; -84.4598 Cumberland is an edge city in Cobb County located in an unincorporated area of the northwest Atlanta metropolitan area, Georgia, United States. It is situated ten miles (16 km) northwest of downtown Atlanta."
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Lophuromys rahmi and Nilopegamys plumbeus are both species of what?
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Rodents
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"text": "Rahm's brush-furred rat ( Lophuromys rahmi) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae . It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Uganda . Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests ."
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"text": "The Ethiopian amphibious rat also known as the Ethiopian water mouse ( Nilopegamys plumbeus) is an insectivorous and semiaquatic species of rodent in the monotypic genus Nilopegamys of the family Muridae. There has only been one known specimen."
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What is the density of the largest object in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter?
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It has a density of 2.2 g cm -3.
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"text": "Earth's Moon has a density of 3.3 g·cm −3 and Jupiter's satellites Io and Europa are 3.5 and 3.0 g·cm −3; other large satellites are icier typically have densities less than 2 g·cm −3. The dwarf planets Ceres, Pluto and Eris have densities of 2.2, 1.9 and 2.5 g·cm −3, respectively."
},
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"text": "Ceres (/ˈsɪəriːz/;[18] minor-planet designation: 1 Ceres) is the largest object in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It comprises a quarter of the mass of the belt and, at 940 km (580 mi) in diameter, is the only asteroid large enough to be rounded by its own gravity,[19] although Vesta and perhaps other asteroids were so in the past."
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How many species of trees are there in the genus that includes the red oak section of Quercus sect. Lobatae?
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Around 500 species
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"text": "An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus ( / ˈkwɜːrkəs /; Latin \"oak tree\") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks."
},
{
"text": "Quercus coccinea, the scarlet oak, is an oak in the red oak section Quercus sect. Lobatae. The scarlet oak can be mistaken for the pin oak, the black oak, or occasionally the red oak."
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d5dbc4100dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Each chess player starts the game with how many pieces that can participate, with the king, in a special move called castling?
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Each player starts the game with two rooks.
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"text": "Each player starts the game with two rooks, one on each of the corner squares on their own side of the board. This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves. The white rooks start on squares a1 and h1, while the black rooks start on a8 and h8."
},
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"text": "The white rooks start on squares a1 and h1, while the black rooks start on a8 and h8. The rook moves horizontally or vertically, through any number of unoccupied squares (see diagram). The rook cannot jump over pieces. As with captures by other pieces, the rook captures by occupying the square on which the enemy piece sits. The rook also participates, with the king, in a special move called castling."
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In antiquity, "Archipelago" was the proper name for what sea that is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia?
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It was the name for the Aegean Sea.
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"text": "In antiquity, \"Archipelago\" (from medieval Greek * ἀρχιπέλαγος and Latin archipelagus) was the proper name for the Aegean Sea. Later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands (since the sea is remarkable for its large number of islands)."
},
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"text": "The Aegean Sea is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea between Europe and Asia. It is located between the Balkans and Anatolia, and covers an area of some 215,000 square kilometres. In the north, the Aegean is connected to the Marmara Sea and the Black Sea by the straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus."
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Dipteromantispidae and Rhinodipterus are both what?
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Extinct.
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"text": "Rhinodipterus is an extinct genus of prehistoric dipnoan sarcopterygians or lobe-finned fish, that lived in the Devonian Period, between 416 and 359 million years ago. It is believed to have inhabited shallow, salt-water reefs, and is one of the earliest known examples of marine lungfish."
},
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"text": "Dipteromantispidae is an extinct family of neuropterans known from the Cretaceous period. Unlike other neuropterans, the family possesses only a single set of fully developed forewings, with the hindwings reduced to haltere like structures. They are generally small in size (forewing length 2.6-7.9 mm) and possess raptorial forelegs."
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What type of slender protuberances that projects from the much larger cell body can be affected by a ciliopathy?
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Cilia
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"text": "A ciliopathy is any genetic disorder that affects the cellular cilia or the cilia anchoring structures, the basal bodies, or ciliary function."
},
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"text": "A cilium (plural cilia) is an organelle found in eukaryotic cells. Cilia are slender protuberances that project from the much larger cell body. There are two types of cilia: motile cilia, which beat against fluid outside the cell. non-motile, or primary cilia, which typically serve as sensory organelles."
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Are both the Poodle and the St. Bernard considered a breed of water dog?
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No, the Poodle is but the St. Bernard is part of the Molosser breeds.
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"text": "The Poodle, called the Pudel in German and the Caniche in French, is a breed of water dog. The breed is dived into four varieties based on size, the Standard Poodle, Medium Poodle, Miniature Poodle and Toy Poodle, although the Medium Poodle variety is not universally recognised."
},
{
"text": "Bernards have in common many characteristics of livestock guardian dog breeds. The St. Bernard is recognised internationally by the Fédération Cynologique Internationale as a Molosser in Group 2, Section 2. The breed is recognised by The Kennel Club (UK), the Canadian Kennel Club, and the American Kennel Club in the Working Dog group."
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The Brittonic languages and Breton spoken in Lower Brittany are both languages of what country?
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Great Britain.
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"text": "The name Brythonic was derived by Welsh Celticist John Rhys from the Welsh word Brython, meaning Ancient Britons as opposed to an Anglo-Saxon or Gael . The Brittonic languages derive from the Common Brittonic language, spoken throughout Great Britain during the Iron Age and Roman period."
},
{
"text": "Breton is spoken in Lower Brittany(Breton: Breizh-Izel), roughly to the west of a line linking Plouha(west of Saint-Brieuc) and La Roche-Bernard(east of Vannes). It comes from a Brittonic language community that once extended from Great Britain to Armorica(present-day Brittany) and had even established a toehold in Galicia(in present-day Spain)."
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What ortho-condensed polycyclic aromatic compounds that have attracted continuing attention because of their unique structural, spectral, and optical features are notable for having chirality despite lacking both asymmetric carbons and chiral centers?
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Helicenes are notable for having chirality despite lacking both asymmetric carbons and chiral centers.
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"text": "In organic chemistry, helicenes are ortho-condensed polycyclic aromatic compounds in which benzene rings or other aromatics are angularly annulated to give helically -shaped chiral molecules. The chemistry of helicenes has attracted continuing attention because of their unique structural, spectral, and optical features."
},
{
"text": "Helicenes are notable for having chirality despite lacking both asymmetric carbons and chiral centers. Instead, there is axial chirality, which results from the handedness of the helicity itself. The clockwise and counterclockwise helices are non-superposable. By convention a left-handed helix is minus and labeled (M), a right-handed helix is plus and labeled (P). Evidence from CD spectroscopy suggests left-handed helices are levorotatory and right-handed helices are dextrorotatory."
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d5dbc5500dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The figure skating move in which a skater glides on a deep edge with the body stretched in a very low position, almost touching the ice was popularized by what ice dance team?
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Hydroblading was popularized in the early 1990s by the Canadian ice dance team of Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz;
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"text": "Hydroblading as part of an ice dancing element. A hydroblade is a figure skating edge move or connecting step in which a skater glides on a deep edge with the body stretched in a very low position, almost touching the ice."
},
{
"text": "Although they did not invent the element, it was popularized in the early 1990s by the Canadian ice dance team of Shae-Lynn Bourne and Victor Kraatz; their coach Uschi Keszler was responsible for coining the name \"hydroblade.\""
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d5dbc5820dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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How much taller is Mount Craig than Haystack Mountain?
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It is 3,934 feet taller.
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"text": "Mount Craig, 6,647 feet (2,026 m), is the second highest peak of the Appalachian Mountains and second only to 6,684 feet (2,037 m) Mount Mitchell in eastern North America. It is located in the Black Mountains in Yancey County, North Carolina."
},
{
"text": "The unofficial name references a rocky subpeak to the northwest, the Nubble, elevation 2,713 ft, which is also called Haystack Mountain. Nubble Peak is also known by the more accurate but longer name \"Peak above the Nubble\" or confused with the subpeak and simply called \"The Nubble\"."
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Which peoples culture has influenced aspects of the park that is home to the highest peak in Bolivia?
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The culture of the Aymara people has influenced aspects of the park.
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"text": "Sajama National Park is a national park located in the Oruro Department, Bolivia. It borders Lauca National Park in Chile. The park is home to the indigenous Aymara people, whose influential ancient culture can be seen in various aspects throughout the park."
},
{
"text": "Nevado Sajama ( [neˈβaðo saˈxama]; Aymara: Chak Xaña) is an extinct stratovolcano and the highest peak in Bolivia. The mountain is located in the Oruro Department, Sajama Canton. It is situated in Sajama National Park and is a composite volcano consisting of a stratovolcano on top of several lava domes."
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Wikimedia Commons has how many pages on health care professions distinct from dentistry, nursing, medicine, and pharmacy?
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22
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"text": "Allied health professions are health care professions distinct from dentistry, nursing, medicine, and pharmacy. They provide a range of diagnostic, technical, therapeutic, and support services in connection with health care."
},
{
"text": "Wikimedia Commons has media related to Allied health professions. The main article for this category is Allied health professions. This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total. The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total."
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Why would it be unusual for Nickolas Andrew Sobotka to have a multi-season story arc in his respective series?
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Nickolas Andrew Sobotka is a character on The Wire, and many characters on that show are only featured prominently in a single season.
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"text": "The Wire is set in Baltimore, Maryland; each season of the series expands its focus on a different part of the city. The show features a large ensemble cast; many characters are only featured prominently in a single season."
},
{
"text": "Nickolas Andrew Sobotka is a fictional character on the HBO drama The Wire, played by actor Pablo Schreiber. Nick is the cousin of Ziggy Sobotka, the wayward and rebellious son of Nick's uncle Frank Sobotka . Nick is a dockworker in the Port of Baltimore, and works for his uncle Frank Sobotka, the secretary treasurer for a stevedores union."
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d5dbc64a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The tallest building in Rome was inspired by what other buildings?
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Torre Eurosky is inspired by the medieval towers in Rome.
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"text": "Torre Eurosky (or Eurosky Tower) is a skyscraper in Rome, the tallest building in the city and one of the highest residential towers in Italy ."
},
{
"text": "Designed by architect Franco Purini, and located in Torrino, residential area adjacent to the EUR, Torre Eurosky is inspired by the medieval towers that dot the center of the city—foremost among which is the Torre delle Milizie."
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d5dbc6720dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Huitzilopochtli was the ruler of the south in the religion of what people whose had a panentheistic view of religion?
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Aztecs
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"text": "Ruler of the South In the Aztec religion, Huitzilopochtli ( Classical Nahuatl: Huītzilōpōchtli [wiːt͡siloːˈpoːt͡ʃt͡ɬi], modern Nahuatl pronunciation (help·info)) is a deity of war, sun, human sacrifice, and the patron of the city of Tenochtitlan. He was also the tribal god of the Mexicas, also known as Aztecs, of Tenochtitlan."
},
{
"text": "Aztec priests had a panentheistic view of religion but the popular Aztec religion maintained polytheism. Priests saw the different gods as aspects of the singular and transcendent unity of Teotl but the masses were allowed to practice polytheism without understanding the true, unified nature of their Aztec gods."
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d5dbc69a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The HYSYS chemical process simulator is able to perform what kind of core calculations in chemical engineering?
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It can calculate vapor-liquid equilibrium.
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"text": "Aspen HYSYS (or simply HYSYS) is a chemical process simulator used to mathematically model chemical processes, from unit operations to full chemical plants and refineries."
},
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"text": "HYSYS is able to perform many of the core calculations of chemical engineering, including those concerned with mass balance, energy balance, vapor-liquid equilibrium, heat transfer, mass transfer, chemical kinetics, fractionation, and pressure drop."
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d5dbc6ea0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Are there more species in the Diptera or more species of flower fly in North America?
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There are more species in the Diptera.
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"text": "Diptera is a large order containing an estimated 1,000,000 species including horse-flies, crane flies, hoverflies and others, although only about 125,000 species have been described."
},
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"text": "There are more than 870 species of flower fly ( Syrphidae) in North America . The following is an attempt at a comprehensive North American list of this family of insects. This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources."
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d5dbc7120dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What cyclic carbonate ester of ethylene glycol and carbonic acid can be used as a high permittivity component of electrolytes in lithium batteries?
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Ethylene carbonate.
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"text": "It can be used as a high permittivity component of electrolytes in lithium batteries and lithium-ion batteries. Other components like diethyl carbonate, ethyl methyl carbonate, dimethyl carbonate and methyl acetate can be added to those electrolytes in order to decrease the viscosity and melting point."
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d5dbc73a0dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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How old was Caliph Umar when he first organized his army as a state department?
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Caliph Umar was 54-55 years-old when he organized his army as a state department.
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"text": "Caliph Umar was the first Muslim ruler to organize the army as a state department. This reform was introduced in 637 AD A beginning was made with the Quraish and the Ansars and the system was gradually extended to the whole of Arabia and to Muslims of conquered lands."
},
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"text": "Omar (c. 583/584 CE – 3 November 644 CE), was one of the most powerful and influential Muslim caliphs in history. He was a senior companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad."
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d5dbc7620dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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Vice President Ford became the 38th what, a role which if the holder dies, resigns or is removed from office, the Vice President becomes?
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President
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"text": "If the President dies, resigns or is removed from office, the Vice President becomes President for the rest of the term. If the Vice President is unable to serve, Speaker of the House acts as President."
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"text": "Vice President Ford becomes the 38th President. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York becomes the second person to be appointed Vice President under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution."
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As a teenager, Law was crowned Miss Teen USA of what state, whose Constitution is the foremost source of state law?
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New Jersey
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"text": "The Constitution of New Jersey is the foremost source of state law. Legislation is enacted by the New Jersey Legislature, published in the Laws of New Jersey, and codified in the New Jersey Statutes."
},
{
"text": "Law was born in Philadelphia, and grew up in Deptford Township, New Jersey. Her mother is Taiwanese and her father is of German and Italian descent. As a teenager, she was crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA. Law worked alongside director Adrian Picardi with producers Eric Ro and Don Le, to create a low budget web series called The Resistance."
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d5dbc7d00dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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The Lone Pine hamlet in northwest Alberta shares a name with which lake that formed when the Big Lava Bed dammed up a nearby stream?
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Goose Lake.
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"text": "/ 54.3058; -115.1147 Goose Lake, also known as Lone Pine, is a hamlet in northwest Alberta, Canada within Woodlands County. It is located approximately 37 kilometres (23 mi) northeast of Highway 43 and 136 kilometres (85 mi) northwest of Edmonton ."
},
{
"text": "Goose Lake formed when the Big Lava Bed dammed up a nearby stream. The blocked stream formed the lake. On the southeast side of the lake, there is a ghostly stand of dead trees rising from the water. The lake is a popular spot for brook, brown and coastal cutthroat trout fishing."
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Who outlined the primary classifications of the model that consists of a regular grid of cells, each in one of a finite number of states, such as on and off?
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Wolfram.
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"text": "The primary classifications of cellular automata, as outlined by Wolfram, are numbered one to four."
},
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"text": "Cellular automata have found application in various areas, including physics, theoretical biology and microstructure modeling. A cellular automaton consists of a regular grid of cells, each in one of a finite number of states, such as on and off (in contrast to a coupled map lattice)."
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d5dbc8200dba11ecb1e81171463288e9
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What does the group that designed a personification of Internet Explorer aim to promote?
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Collateral Damage Studios aims to promote local creative talents?
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"text": "Inori Aizawa is a personification of Internet Explorer. She was designed by Collateral Damage Studios, who wanted to create their own character after artist and producer Danny Choo posted an image featuring human equivalents of the Safari, Firefox, and Chrome web browsers."
},
{
"text": "Collateral Damage Studios is a group of art enthusiasts who debuted on the Singapore illustration scene in 2007. Inspired by pop culture, CDS aims to promote local creative talents, produce high quality illustrations, and have plenty of fun."
}
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How long are the shells of the uncommon cowries also known as Naria ocellata, a species of sea snail in the family Cypraeidae?
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25–30 millimetres
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"text": "The shells of these quite uncommon cowries reach on average 25–30 millimetres (0.98–1.18 in) of length, with a minimum size of 14 millimetres (0.55 in) and a maximum size of 57 millimetres (2.2 in). They are oval and have a medium thickness."
},
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"text": "Naria ocellata, common name the ocellate cowry, is a species of sea snail, a cowry, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cypraeidae, the cowries. The shells of these quite uncommon cowries reach on average 25–30 millimetres (0.98–1.18 in) of length, with a minimum size of 14 millimetres (0.55 in) and a maximum size of 57 millimetres (2.2 in)."
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The truncated great stellated dodecahedron is a degenerate polyhedron, with 20 triangular faces from the truncated vertices, and 12 (hidden) pentagonal faces as truncations of the original pentagram faces, the latter forming a great dodecahedron inscribed within and sharing the edges of what object of which Truncated great and rectified great are examples?
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Icosahedron
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"text": "A truncation operation, repeatedly applied to the great icosahedron, produces a sequence of uniform polyhedra. Truncating edges down to points produces the great icosidodecahedron as a rectified great icosahedron. The process completes as a birectification, reducing the original faces down to points, and producing the great stellated dodecahedron ."
},
{
"text": "The truncated great stellated dodecahedron is a degenerate polyhedron, with 20 triangular faces from the truncated vertices, and 12 (hidden) pentagonal faces as truncations of the original pentagram faces, the latter forming a great dodecahedron inscribed within and sharing the edges of the icosahedron."
},
{
"text": "In geometry, the great stellapentakis dodecahedron (or great astropentakis dodecahedron) is a nonconvex isohedral polyhedron. It is the dual of the truncated great icosahedron. It has 60 intersecting triangular faces."
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I-95 and I-287 are both located in what state?
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New Jersey
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"text": "Through New Jersey, I-287 runs west from its southern terminus in Edison through suburban areas. In Bridgewater Township, the freeway takes a more northeasterly course, paralleled by US 202. The northernmost part of I-287 in New Jersey passes through mountainous surroundings."
},
{
"text": "For the entire route, see U.S. Route 287. U.S. Highway 287 ( US 287) in the U.S. state of Texas is a major U.S. Highway that begins on the Gulf Coast in Port Arthur and heads north through Fort Worth, northwest to Childress, Clarendon, Wichita Falls, and Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle and into Oklahoma near Kerrick ."
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The tortoise plastrons from what dynasty are thought to have been unearthed periodically by local farmers since as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties?
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Shang-dynasty.
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"text": "The Shang-dynasty oracle bones are thought to have been unearthed periodically by local farmers since as early as the Sui and Tang dynasties and perhaps starting as early as the Han dynasty, but local inhabitants did not realize what the bones were and generally reburied them."
},
{
"text": "The oracle bones are mostly tortoise plastrons (ventral or belly shells, probably female) and ox scapulae (shoulder blades), although some are the carapace (dorsal or back shells) of tortoises, and a few are ox rib bones]"
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Surgery in which structure in the human body that is susceptible to dysphagia can cause strictures?
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The esophagus.
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"text": "It can be caused by or associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease, esophagitis, a dysfunctional lower esophageal sphincter, disordered motility, lye ingestion, or a hiatal hernia. Strictures can form after esophageal surgery and other treatments such as laser therapy or photodynamic therapy."
},
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"text": "Esophageal dysphagia is a form of dysphagia where the underlying cause arises from the body of the esophagus, lower esophageal sphincter, or cardia of the stomach, usually due to mechanical causes or motility problems."
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Lady Ban (Pan) and Ban Gu were both what?
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Poets.
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"text": "Consort Ban (c. 48 BCE – c. 2 BCE), or Ban Jieyu ( Chinese: 班婕妤; pinyin: Bān Jiéyú; Wade–Giles: Pan Chieh-yü ), also known as Lady Ban (Pan), was a Chinese scholar and poet during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 23 CE). Jieyu (婕妤) was a title for a third-rank palace lady, one rank below the Zhaoyi and two ranks below the Empresss."
},
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"text": "It is an important early example of the secluded palace lady genre of poetry. Ban Gu was a 1st-century Chinese historian and poet best known for his part in compiling the historical compendium the Book of Han. Ban Gu also wrote a number of fu, which are anthologized in the Wen Xuan ."
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The RB.203 which was used in the SEPECAT Jaguar and the later Hawker Siddeley Hawk ws the first in what family of engines?
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Advanced Technology Engines
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"text": "The RB.203 was a private venture engine built on the core of the Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Adour turbofan used in the SEPECAT Jaguar and the later Hawker Siddeley Hawk. The first three-spool engine, it was intended as a civilian replacement for the earlier Rolls-Royce Spey."
},
{
"text": "The RB203 successfully ran for the first time on 18 December 1967.[7] As the first in the family of Advanced Technology Engines the RB.203 Trent led the testing and the development of the RB.207 and the RB.211. The Trent was ordered by Fairchild Hiller to power the FH-228 short haul airliner.[8] A key technology introduced on the RB.203 Trent was its structurally integrated nacelle, also referred to as a power plant."
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What technique in the art of marble sculptures consists of holding the pointed chisel against the stone and swinging the hammer at it as hard as possible?
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Hammer and point work.
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"text": "Hammer and point work is the technique used in working stone, in use at least since Roman times, as it is described in the legend of Pygmalion, and even earlier, the ancient Greek sculptors used it from c. 650 BC. It consists of holding the pointed chisel against the stone and swinging the hammer at it as hard as possible."
},
{
"text": "Marble sculpture is the art of creating three-dimensional forms from marble. Sculpture is among the oldest of the arts. Even before painting cave walls, early humans fashioned shapes from stone. From these beginnings, artifacts have evolved to their current complexity."
}
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