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Name three national parks in California. | Three national parks in California are Yosemite, Sequoia, and Joshua Tree. | open_qa |
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What is a spatial network? | A spatial network (sometimes also geometric graph) is a graph in which the vertices or edges are spatial elements associated with geometric objects, i.e., the nodes are located in a space equipped with a certain metric. The simplest mathematical realization of spatial network is a lattice or a random geometric graph (see figure in the right), where nodes are distributed uniformly at random over a two-dimensional plane; a pair of nodes are connected if the Euclidean distance is smaller than a given neighborhood radius. Transportation and mobility networks, Internet, mobile phone networks, power grids, social and contact networks and biological neural networks are all examples where the underlying space is relevant and where the graph's topology alone does not contain all the information. Characterizing and understanding the structure, resilience and the evolution of spatial networks is crucial for many different fields ranging from urbanism to epidemiology. | open_qa |
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Assume the email format is {first_initial}{last_name}@somecompany.com
What would the email addresses be for the following people?
Jon Doe
Richard Smith
Tom Jenkins
Nick Parsons | Following the {first_initial}{last_name}@somecompany.com format, the emails for those people would be:
Jon Doe: jdoe@somecompany.com
Richard Smith: rsmith@somecompany.com
Tom Jenkins: tjenkins@somecompany.com
Nick Parsons: nparsons@somecompany.com | open_qa |
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How do dolphins make noise? | Dolphins use their blow hole on top of their head to make a variety of noises. | open_qa |
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What is goal line technology in a soccer game? | The goal line technology is the use of electronic aid to determine if a goal has been scored or not. In detail, it is a method used to determine when the ball has completely crossed the goal line in between the goal-posts and underneath the crossbar with the assistance of electronic devices and at the same time assisting the referee in awarding a goal or not. | open_qa |
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Is it safe to smoke at a gas station? | No, it is unsafe to smoke at a gas station because there is a risk that fuel could be ignited and cause a fire. | open_qa |
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What is the difference between their, there, and they're? | Their, there, and they're are homophones. Homophones are words that sound similar but have different meanings and spellings. Their is a possessive pronoun, as in "their bicycle is green". They're is a contraction of "they are", as in "they're going to the game tomorrow". There is an adjective, as in "she is always there for her friends". There can also be used as a noun, as in "stay out of there", or as an adverb, as in "stop over there". | open_qa |
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What is the difference between Columbia and Colombia. | Colombia is a country located in South America. Columbia can refer to a university or a clothing company. Columbia University is an Ivy League University in New York City. Columbia Sportsware is an American clothing company. | open_qa |
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Where is the town of Guasipati | Guasipati is a town that serves as the administrative seat of Roscio Municipality in the state of Bolívar, Venezuela. It was founded on 27 September 1757. Its economy depends highly on the gold of its land and that of El Callao.The city is located in the vicinity of the Denguesito ríachuelos to the northwest and the Cunurí to the west, both tributaries of the Miamo river. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics (census 2011) the population of Guasipati is 21,165 inhabitants. | open_qa |
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How is "crisp" pronounced? | The word "crisp" is pronounced from the back of the mouth to the front. | open_qa |
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Write a poem about a man named Chris who lives at the gym and fights monsters | There once was a man named Chris
Who bench pressed his way to pure bliss
When the plates started flying
He was never seen crying
Until a time of great peril made him miss
As he lay under barbell, covered in sweat
he peered at a creature in diss
this was but a danger, which tended to linger
in the dungeons of temples of lift
Next thing you know, Chris awoke with a blow
to his head and his heart but to this
He exclaimed it was: "nothing to worry"
Though the damage was done
It had never been fun
To this point life could only be bliss | open_qa |
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Can you name five of the most successful professional golfers in history? | Tiger Woods, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Sam Snead, Bobby Jones | open_qa |
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Name all of the hosts from all versions of "The Price is Right." | Bob Barker, Drew Carey, Tom Kennedy, Dennis James | open_qa |
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What is IMPS? | Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) is an instant payment inter-bank electronic funds transfer system in India. IMPS offers an inter-bank electronic fund transfer service through mobile phones. The service is available 24x7 throughout the year including bank holidays. NEFT was also made available 24x7 from December 2019. RTGS was also made available 24x7 from 14th December 2020.
It is managed by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and is built upon the existing National Financial Switch network. In 2010, the NPCI initially carried out a pilot for the mobile payment system with 4 member banks (State Bank of India, Bank of India, Union Bank of India and ICICI Bank), and expanded it to include Yes Bank, Axis Bank and HDFC Bank later that year. IMPS was publicly launched on 22 November 2010. Currently, there are 53 commercial banks, 101 Rural/District/Urban and cooperative banks, and 24 PPIi signed up for the IMPS service.
Around 200 million IMPS transactions amounting to roughly US$20 billion of transaction amount happen every month in India. The sender requires to know the bank account number and the Indian Financial System Code of the beneficiary to transfer money. | open_qa |
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What is solar wind? | Solar wind is a force that results from discharged light and gas particles from stars. | open_qa |
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How does water feel? | Water is typically a fluid at room temperature, as a fluid it feels wet. As a solid, its ice, which feels hard. As a gas, its vapor, which feels like a cool mist. | open_qa |
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Name a good wood for a beginning wood carving project? | Basswood is a tree that grows in North America that is particularly good for a first wood carving project. The reason? It is soft enough to be easy to work, but hard enough that it will let you get detail and is reasonably hard to break when you are still learning what you are doing. It responds well to a simple knife or to more advanced woodworking tools like gauges. It's also a light color which looks nice unpainted, but it also is nice to paint. Last, it is relatively inexpensive when compared with woods like Walnut or Cherry. | open_qa |
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What car manufacturers were associated with American Muscle cars in the 1960s and 1970s? | Chevrolet, Ford, Dodge | open_qa |
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The quit India movement is also known as | August Kranti | open_qa |
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If your child has been told that he or she has lice, what should you do? | The first thing is to buy a shampoo that is made to kill the lice. Lice only live on human scalps, and they lay tiny white eggs called nits. Once lice and/or nits are visually identified, immediately use the lice shampoo to thoroughly wash and clean the hair and scalp of your child. After the cleaning, carefully comb out the hair with a special nit comb, which has metal teeth very close together to most effectively get rid of the lice and the eggs. After shampooing and combing out, make sure to wash all bedding and any other furniture or rugs where there may have been head-to-fabric contact. Pillows and bedding must also be washed; if washing is not possible, then put the objects or fabrics in a plastic bag and store in a closet or garage for two weeks.
Check for any itching after cleaning and combing out the hair, and re-apply the shampoo if either lice or eggs are detected again. | open_qa |
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What is AWS EKS? | Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) is a managed Kubernetes service that makes it easy for you to run Kubernetes | open_qa |
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List some of the best life changing self-help books | Atomic Habits by James Clear
Power of discipline by Daniel Walter
The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Tiny Habits by BJ Fogg
High Performance Habits by Brendon Burchard
Getting Things Done by David Allen
What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast by Laura Vanderkam
How to Change by Katy Milkman
Start With Why by Simon Sinek
The Culture Code by Daniel Coyle | open_qa |
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What is the best club soccer team in Spain? | Real Madrid | open_qa |
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If I have a dollar, two nickels and a quarter, how much money in total do I have. Please respond with numbers and the dollar sign only, no words. | $1.35 | open_qa |
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Where is the Mall of America located? | The Mall of America is located in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. | open_qa |
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What are the Olympic Games? | The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (French: Jeux olympiques)are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games are considered the world's foremost sports competition with more than 200 teams, representing sovereign states and territories, participating. The Olympic Games are normally held every four years, and since 1994, have alternated between the Summer and Winter Olympics every two years during the four-year period. | open_qa |
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Whale skin is how many cm deep? | 15 cm | open_qa |
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Can you give a list of novels written by Nancy Kress? | The Prince of Morning Bells, (Timescape / Pocket Oct. 1981) / revised: (FoxAcre Press May 2000)
The Golden Grove, (Bluejay Books March 1984)
The White Pipes, (Bluejay Books Jan. 1985)
An Alien Light, (Arbor House / William Morrow Jan. 1988) / (Legend Nov. 1988)
Brain Rose, (William Morrow Jan. 1990)
Maximum Light, (Tor Jan. 1997)
Yanked!, (Avon June 1999) from David Brin's Out of Time series
Nothing Human, (Golden Gryphon Press Sep. 2003)
Dogs, (Tachyon Publications July 2008)
Steal Across the Sky, (Tor Feb. 2009)
After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the Fall (Tachyon Publications April 2012)
Flash Point, (Viking Nov. 2012)
Sea Change, (Tachyon Publications May 2020)
The Eleventh Gate, (Baen Books May 5, 2020) | open_qa |
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How many cats did Freddie Mercury have? | Freddie Mercury had ten cats. | open_qa |
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What is the difference between dairy and cattle? | Dairy cows are raised for their milk, while cattle are raised for their meat. | open_qa |
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What are some good coffee shops in the Cambridge, Massachusetts area? | Cambridge has a number of good coffee shops: Broadsheet coffee, which is a popular coffee roaster in the Boston area, is in Cambridge; Curio coffee in East Cambridge has both coffee and waffles; and there are multiple Tatte locations in Cambridge, which is also known for its pastries and French-Israeli food options for breakfast and lunch. | open_qa |
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What is Twenty20 or T20 in cricket? | Twenty20 or T20 for short is a shortened version of the game of cricket in which each side faces a maximum of 20 overs. The game typically lasts about 4 hours with a quick turn between innings unlike other forms of the game, thus increasing its viewership and popularity.
This format was introduced by the England Cricket Board in an inter-county competition back in 2003. Since then, its become really popular with several international competitions and country wide leagues across all the major cricket playing nations world wide | open_qa |
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What city has Kogoshima as its airport | Tokyo | open_qa |
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What country is to the north of the United States? | Canada is America's northern neighbor | open_qa |
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Who is Paul McIver | Paul McIver (born 26 March 1986) is a New Zealand actor and musician. His first film appearance was in the television series The Ray Bradbury Theater. He has appeared in the Hercules: The Legendary Journeys films and the television show as Hercules' son. | open_qa |
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Which festival takes place next to Walibi Holland every year in august? | The next Walibi Holland festival is in August. | open_qa |
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What is a safe temperature for a hot bath? | Its advisable to stay between 101 and 105 degrees fahrenheit for a hot bath to ensure you don't burn your skin. | open_qa |
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What component do you need to have to build a PC? | You will need at least the following components to build a PC:
* Motherboard
* Processor (CPU)
* Storage (hard drive or SSD)
* Memory (RAM)
* Case
* CPU Fans/Cooling Unit
* Power supply
* GPU (Optionally) | open_qa |
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Who turned oil drums into steel drums for music? | Traditionally, West Indians | open_qa |
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Which institute is known as International money laundering watch dog? | Financial Action Task Force (FATF) | open_qa |
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Name three landlocked countries in Africa | Three landlocked countries in Africa are Chad, Zambia, and Botswana. | open_qa |
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Who won the 2004 World Series? | The Boston Red Sox won the 2004 World series? | open_qa |
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What is a calendar? | A calendar is an arrangement of a depiction of time defined by humans. It is a collection of multiple days that makes up a month with multiple months representing a year of time. Each day of the week on a calendar is assigned a word to represent the day - Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A calendar is used for planning scheduled events in the future, remembering birthdays, and other important dates like tests in school. A calendar can also be broken down into seasonal months that represent the months that match the weather during any particular time of the year. | open_qa |
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What is Armin van Buuren known for? | Armin van Buuren is known for his innovative DJing style, which blends progressive house, techno, and trance. He has been hailed as one of the most influential DJs in the electronic music scene, and his unique sound and style have made him a global superstar. | open_qa |
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Is the Vex or FIRST robotics competition a better choice for a child in high school? | Both VEX and FIRST have very strong robotics competitions for the high school level. If you are a parent choosing between the two, multiple factors need to be taken into consideration.
The first factor is the availability of a robotics program in your area. While you can form an independent team that is not affiliated with your school or another organization, it will require a significant financial and time investment. At the high school level teams typically design their robots with CAD software and must machine the parts themselves. Teams often consist of 20 or more members so that all of the aspects of the competition can be covered, such as creating and assembling the hardware, electrical wiring, systems design, programming and documenting the engineering process. All of the parts and equipment need to be purchased and maintained, and members put in a lot of hours during the competition season. Joining a pre-existing team that already has equipment, members and mentors familiar with a program will make it easiest for a child to participate, regardless of which competition the team is a part of.
If both VEX and FIRST programs are available, then it depends on how intense of an experience the child is interested in. The VEX competition has a lower barrier to entry because it requires smaller robots. Two pairs of robots compete against each other in a match to see which pair can get more points. While teams will need to machine some parts and must have skills in electrical and software design, a team can be smaller and still compete effectively. The FIRST competition involves much larger and more complex robots and challenges. Two alliances of three robots each compete against each other in a match, with a total of six robots on the field at once. Teams need to have more members to effectively compete, and participants need more in-depth training on hardware, electrical, system and software design. There is also a business requirement, where teams have to create a marketing banner, brochure and video for their team to submit as part of the competition.
Whether you choose VEX or FIRST, a child in high school that participates in a well-run robotics program will gain valuable engineering and organizational experience that will serve them well, both on a college application and after graduation. | open_qa |
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Who wrote The Originals? | Adam Grant | open_qa |
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Which NFL team has the most Super Bowl championship wins? | The Pittsburgh Steelers and the New England Patriots are tied for the most Super Bowl championship wins. Both teams have won 6 Super Bowl championships. The Steelers were the first team to achieve this in 2008, while the Patriots earned their sixth championship win in 2018. | open_qa |
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What is Renaissance? | Renaissance is a time period in the European history where the central idea changed to Humanism which promotes that idea that Humans achievements should not only celebrated but also revered. Renaissance had a great impact on the European Art scene and acted revolutionized the way people's view towards art, education, music, science and religion. This also had long reaching impacts on social fabric of Europe and extended its influence on the worlds as a whole. | open_qa |
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What is the fastest way to travel between the United States and Croatia? | The fastest way to travel would be by airplane, which would be faster than a boat trip | open_qa |
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In what key do most car horns honk? | F | open_qa |
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Who was the original singer of Static-X? | The original singer of metal band, Static-X, was Wayne Static. | open_qa |
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Which author wrote the ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’ books? | A. A. Milne | open_qa |
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Where does the word plumbing originate from? | "Plumbing" originates from the original name for Lead (Pb), Plumbum, which is what most pipes were made from at the time. | open_qa |
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Why should you exercise if you have a sitting job where you have to sit in front of computer screen ? | Basically exercise has many benefits listed below
1. Exercise manages weight
2. Exercise prevents and treats illnesses
3. Exercise enhances mood
4. Exercise gives you more energy
5. Exercise helps you sleep better.
6. Exercise revitalises your personal life. | open_qa |
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What does “that’s sus” mean? | “Sus” is slang for “suspicious” or “suspect” and the phrase is used by young people to express skepticism, as in “that new kid who started a fight is sus.” | open_qa |
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Name some famous actors from the 1930's | Shirley Temple, Bette Davis, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Lionel Barrymore, Marlene Dietrich, Errol Flynn, Greta Garbo, Katharine Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Crawford, Ginger Rogers, Gary Cooper, Carole Lombard, John Gilbert. | open_qa |
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What is mass spectrometry? | Mass spectrometry (MS) is an analytical technique that is used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. The results are presented as a mass spectrum, a plot of intensity as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. Mass spectrometry is used in many different fields and is applied to pure samples as well as complex mixtures.
A mass spectrum is a type of plot of the ion signal as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. These spectra are used to determine the elemental or isotopic signature of a sample, the masses of particles and of molecules, and to elucidate the chemical identity or structure of molecules and other chemical compounds.
In a typical MS procedure, a sample, which may be solid, liquid, or gaseous, is ionized, for example by bombarding it with a beam of electrons. This may cause some of the sample's molecules to break up into positively charged fragments or simply become positively charged without fragmenting. These ions (fragments) are then separated according to their mass-to-charge ratio, for example by accelerating them and subjecting them to an electric or magnetic field: ions of the same mass-to-charge ratio will undergo the same amount of deflection. The ions are detected by a mechanism capable of detecting charged particles, such as an electron multiplier. Results are displayed as spectra of the signal intensity of detected ions as a function of the mass-to-charge ratio. The atoms or molecules in the sample can be identified by correlating known masses (e.g. an entire molecule) to the identified masses or through a characteristic fragmentation pattern. | open_qa |
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In the series A Song of Ice and Fire, who is the founder of House Qoherys? | Quenton Qoherys | open_qa |
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Name some famous songs by George Gershwin | In his career, George Gershwin wrote influential works such as the orchestral compositions "Rhapsody in Blue" and "An American in Paris". Furthermore, he is known for the songs "Fascinating Rhythm", "Embraceable You", "I Got Rhythm", and "Isn't it a pity". The hit "Summertime" was also composed by Gershwin, as part of the opera "Porgy and Bess", which premiered in Boston in 1935. | open_qa |
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What are examples of endocrine disruptors? | BPA (bisphenol-A), phthalates, parabens and xenoestrogens are some examples of EDC's (endocrine disrupting chemicals). | open_qa |
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TAP is the national airline of which country | Portugal | open_qa |
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What colors are on the United States of America flag? | Red, white, blue | open_qa |
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What is the main difference between ORC and Parquet? | Both file formats are columnar with similar support for encoding and compression. Their key difference is in how nested data is represented. In Parquet, the nested data is fully shredded into columns with additional metadata to reconstruct the nesting structure. In ORC, nested structures are not decomposed into columns. Rather the nested data value is stored as a regular column value. | open_qa |
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Which are the states in India with coastlines? | Most of the southern states in India are having coastlines that include Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andra Pradesh, and Telangana. Towards the east-west Bengal and Orissa have a long coastline and towards the west Maharashtra and Gujrat. | open_qa |
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Cases of Anthrax were found in Kerala in which animals? | Wild Boars | open_qa |
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How many Olympic rings are there? | There are five Olympic rings that represent the union of the five continents and the meeting of athletes from throughout the world at the Olympic Games. | open_qa |
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What is a zamboni? | A zamboni is a machine that resurfaces ice rinks used for skating. They are used in recreational skating, professional skating, team skating, and even on olympic skating rinks. After the ice is resurfaced skating becomes easier and more safe because there is less risk for a trip hazard on the ice. | open_qa |
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What is the time value of money? | The time value of money is a concept in finance that reflects that money in the future is usually worth a smaller amount than the same amount of money today. The reason for this is that money today could be invested and earn a return that would make it worth a larger amount in the future. | open_qa |
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In the series A Song of Ice and Fire, who is the founder of House Florent? | Florys the Fox, who is sibling to the founders of House Gardener and House Beesbury | open_qa |
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Why is standard guitar tuning EADGBE? | The standard guitar tuning of EADGBE offers consistency and convenience. The interval between each successive pair of strings is a perfect fourth, except the major third interval between G and B, making some figures and phrases 'translate' horizontally across the neck. The perfect fourth interval helps avoid long finger stretches in comparison to the perfect fifth intervals on smaller instruments like the violin. The introduction of a major third between G and B means that the total interval between 1st and 6th string is 24 semitones, or 2 octaves, making the open guitar strings fall more easily into chords, aiding fretting of basic chords with fewer fingers. | open_qa |
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When did google first start? | Google was founded on September 4, 1998. The first investor in Google was the Sun co-founder who wrote them their first check for $100,000. In the beginning they were just a search engine for internet browsing. As this gained popularity they have developed hundreds of other products used by billions of people and companies all over the world. Some technologies they produced after their initial launch that people use today are gmail, google workspaces, and google cloud platform. | open_qa |
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What is YouTube? | YouTube is a consumer video-sharing platform owned by Alphabet. | open_qa |
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Which is the oldest civilization in the world? | The Mesopotamia civilization | open_qa |
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what was the biggest tax change from tax reform | competitive US corp tax rates when compared to rest of world | open_qa |
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Give me an example of a screened subnet | In network security a screened subnet refers to the use of one or more logical screening routers as a firewall to define three separate subnets: an external router (sometimes called an access router), that separates the external network from a perimeter network, and an internal router (sometimes called a choke router) that separates the perimeter network from the internal network. The perimeter network, also called a border network or demilitarized zone (DMZ), is intended for hosting servers (sometimes called bastion hosts) that are accessible from or have access to both the internal and external networks. The purpose of a screened subnet or DMZ is to establish a network with heightened security that is situated between an external and presumed hostile network, such as the Internet or an extranet, and an internal network.
A screened subnet is an essential concept for e-commerce or any entity that has a presence in the World Wide Web or is using electronic payment systems or other network services because of the prevalence of hackers, advanced persistent threats, computer worms, botnets, and other threats to networked information systems. | open_qa |
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How do you care for a dog? | Dogs are often described as a man's best friend. I have had a dog in my life since I was a young child. My father had a dog that he hunted birds alongside. We have had dogs that live indoors with the family and outdoors in their own doghouse. We have raised puppies from our dogs and given them away to friends and neighbors. Dogs provide a lot of love and companionship to everyone in the family and they can be as beloved as any human. Dogs take a great deal to care for because they are completely dependent on humans to keep them alive. A dog left out in the wild is unlikely to survive without help from a caring human. Dogs must be fed, watered, walked for exercise, socialized with other dogs and with other people as well so that they feel safe and interact safely with others. Dogs can live to between 10 and 15 years old on average so they are with a family for a long time. Dogs come in all shapes, sizes, colors, skills and are often referred to as breeds. Breeds have different characteristics and people sometimes select a dog for the breed. Sometimes dogs are neglected or left without a family to care for them and end up in temporary homes called animal shelters. These shelters provide a safe haven for a dog until a suitable owner is matched. Many of the best dogs that a family gets come from a shelter. | open_qa |
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What kind of bacteria is Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum | Bifidobacterium thermacidophilum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped species of bacteria. Strains of this species were originally isolated from an anaerobic digester used to treat wastewater from a tofu farm. The species is thermophilic and can grow at a temperature of 49.5 °C.
Strains of B. thermacidophilum have been experimentally used as probiotics. It was effective in reducing damage to the gut in a mouse model of E. coli infection.
B. thermacidophilum has been divided into two subspecies: subsp. Porcinum and subsp. Thermacidophilum. | open_qa |
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What is a flat earther and is it possible for the world to be flat? | A flat earther is someone who believes the world is flat. They also believe that there is scientific evidence to support this claim. They do not believe the earth is round, even when we have satellite images of the earth to prove that it is. Basic laws of physics can also disprove that the earth is flat. The physics community should respond to these individuals to prevent the propagation of false information. | open_qa |
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What does airplane glide ratio mean? | Airplane glide ratio is a measure of an airplane's glide performance. It is the ratio between distance forward to distance downward for an airplane in free, unpowered flight. Glide ratio is affected by properties such as aerodynamical drag, wing construction, and more. Sailplanes are among the most efficient airplanes, achieving glide ratios over 70:1. | open_qa |
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What is reserve requirement? | Reserve requirements are central bank regulations that set the minimum amount that a commercial bank must hold in liquid assets. This minimum amount, commonly referred to as the commercial bank's reserve, is generally determined by the central bank on the basis of a specified proportion of deposit liabilities of the bank. This rate is commonly referred to as the reserve ratio. Though the definitions vary, the commercial bank's reserves normally consist of cash held by the bank and stored physically in the bank vault (vault cash), plus the amount of the bank's balance in that bank's account with the central bank. A bank is at liberty to hold in reserve sums above this minimum requirement, commonly referred to as excess reserves.
The reserve ratio is sometimes used by a country’s monetary authority as a tool in monetary policy, to influence the country's money supply by limiting or expanding the amount of lending by the banks. Monetary authorities increase the reserve requirement only after careful consideration because an abrupt change may cause liquidity problems for banks with low excess reserves; they generally prefer to use open market operations (buying and selling government-issued bonds) to implement their monetary policy. In the United States and many other countries (except Brazil, China, India, Russia), reserve requirements are generally not altered frequently in implementing a country's monetary policy because of the short-term disruptive effect on financial markets. | open_qa |
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When was the World Investment Report 2021 released by UNCTAD? | June 21, 2021 | open_qa |
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What are hoagies, or sub sandwiches called in the state of Rhode Island? | In the state of Rhode Island, these types of sandwiches are called grinders. | open_qa |
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Is there a World Taekwondo Grand Prix | The World Taekwondo Grand Prix is a taekwondo competition introduced by the World Taekwondo Federation in 2013 to provide a homogeneous system for qualification to the Olympic taekwondo tournament. It consists of four competitions per year in each Olympic weight category event. Olympic events occur at approximately half the weight classes as WTF-organised tournaments. | open_qa |
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Do Texans have a Southern accent? | It depends on who you ask. Most Texans would answer the question with no. Texans would describe their accent as a Texas drawl. The sound of a Texas drawl differs from what is commonly considered a southern accent. A southern accent is common in states such as Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas, Mississippi, and others. | open_qa |
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What is gortext? | Gortex is a waterproof fabric that breaths well, which makes it effective clothing for vigorous activities in cold and wet conditions. | open_qa |
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Name some of the bravolebrities from The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills | Crystal Kung Minkoff, Dorit Kemsley, Erika Jayne, Lisa Rinna, Garcelle Beauvais, Kyle Richards, Sutton Stracke and Kathy Hilton | open_qa |
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In a website browser address bar, what does “www” stand for? | World Wide Web | open_qa |
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What is FrieslandCampina? | FrieslandCampina is one of the biggest dairy companies in the world. Their headquaters is in the Netherlands in Amersfoort. Its main brands are Friesche Vlag (or Frisian Flag in Indonesian market), Chocomel, Fristi, Friso, Dutch Lady, Milner, Campina, Landliebe, Optimel, Mona and "Mix'it" | open_qa |
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Why does treasury bond price drop when bond yield increases? | First, let's see the definition of a bond's price and yield. A bond's price is what investors are willing to pay for an existing bond. A bond's yield is the return to an investor from the bond's interest, or coupon, payments. The typical treasury bond has a fixed yield for X years (X = 5, 10, etc) from the time it is purchased. When we say bond yield increases, it is referring to the newly issued bond will have a higher yield than previously issued bond. Because those new bonds provide higher yield, the existing bonds will need to drop its price otherwise people won't buy them, they would just buy the newly issued bonds. | open_qa |
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What are the continents from largest to smallest? | The continents by size, from largest to smallest are: Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. | open_qa |
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What are the different swimming styles? Which one is the fastest and which one the slowest? | There are four main different swimming styles in competitive swimming. These are backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and crawl.
Crawl is the fastest style, while breaststroke is considered to be the slowest. | open_qa |
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What is SQL? | Structured Query Language (SQL) is a standardized programming language that is used to manage relational databases and perform various operations on the data in them. | open_qa |
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Did Sir Winston Churchill win the Nobel Peace Prize? | No, Sir Winston Churchill did not win the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize twice, in 1945 and in 1950, and did not win it.
However, he did win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. | open_qa |
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What is a polygon? | A polygon is a form in Geometry. It is a single dimensional plane made of connecting lines and any number of vertices. It is a closed chain of connected line segments or edges. The vertices of the polygon are formed where two edges meet. Examples of polygons are hexagons, pentagons, and octagons. Any plane that does not contain edges or vertices is not a polygon. An example of a non-polygon is a circle. | open_qa |
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why is context switching bad for computer performance? | context switching, which occurs when a process is paused by the cpu and another process starts running can affect performance of a computer systems for a couple of reasons. The act of switching the context is not in itself very time consuming. The real performance hit comes from the fact that different processes have different virtual memory address spaces so all the caches in the system need to be invalidated and flushed. Since there is such a huge difference in how fast a cpu can run compared to how fast instructions and data can be retrieved from main memory, these things are cached close to the cpu in onboard caches. Even a pointer to a mapping of virtual addresses to physical addresses are cached so that memory access is faster. When a new process gets loaded by the cpu with a different address space and mapping of virtual to physical addresses, all of the data in the caches is invalid and needs to be flushed. This leaves the cpu with empty caches that have to be rebuilt from scratch for the new process, meaning there will be a big slowdown in retrieving instructions and data since these will now be coming from main memory, which is much slower than the cpu's cache. | open_qa |
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What are the words of House Penrose? | "Set Down Our Deeds" | open_qa |
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What is a mitochondrial matrix? | In the mitochondrion, the matrix is the space within the inner membrane. The word "matrix" stems from the fact that this space is viscous, compared to the relatively aqueous cytoplasm. The mitochondrial matrix contains the mitochondrial DNA, ribosomes, soluble enzymes, small organic molecules, nucleotide cofactors, and inorganic ions. The enzymes in the matrix facilitate reactions responsible for the production of ATP, such as the citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, oxidation of pyruvate, and the beta oxidation of fatty acids.
The composition of the matrix based on its structures and contents produce an environment that allows the anabolic and catabolic pathways to proceed favorably for. The electron transport chain and enzymes in the matrix play a large role in the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation. The citric acid cycle produces NADH and FADH2 through oxidation that will be reduced in oxidative phosphorylation to produce ATP.
The cytosolic, intermembrane space, compartment has a water content of 3.8 μL/mg protein, while the mitochondrial matrix 0.8 μL/mg protein. It is not known how mitochondria maintain osmotic balance across the inner mitochondrial membrane, although the membrane contains aquaporins that are believed to be conduits for regulated water transport. Mitochondrial matrix has a pH of about 7.8, which is higher than the pH of the intermembrane space of the mitochondria, which is around 7.0–7.4. Mitochondrial DNA was discovered by Nash and Margit in 1963. One to many double stranded mainly circular DNA is present in mitochondrial matrix. Mitochondrial DNA is 1% of total DNA of a cell. It is rich in guanine and cytosine content. Mitochondria of mammals have 55s ribosomes. | open_qa |
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When is India's independence day? | India celebrates her independence day on the 15th day of August every year. The prime minister hoists the national flag at red fort and gives a speech to the nation. | open_qa |
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Marburg Virus Disease was first detected in which year? | 1967 | open_qa |
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Who was the very first American Idol winner? | Kelly Clarkson. | open_qa |