text: In 1998, Apple introduced its new iMac which, like the original 128K Mac, was an all-in-one computer. Its translucent plastic case, originally Bondi blue and later various additional colors, is considered an industrial design landmark of the late 1990s. The iMac did away with most of Apple's standard (and usually proprietary) connections, such as SCSI and ADB, in favor of two USB ports. It replaced a floppy disk drive with a CD-ROM drive for installing software, but was incapable of writing to CDs or other media without external third-party hardware. The iMac proved to be phenomenally successful, with 800,000 units sold in 139 days. It made the company an annual profit of US$309 million, Apple's first profitable year since Michael Spindler took over as CEO in 1995. This aesthetic was applied to the Power Macintosh and later the iBook, Apple's first consumer-level laptop computer, filling the missing quadrant of Apple's "four-square product matrix" (desktop and portable products for both consumers and professionals). More than 140,000 pre-orders were placed before it started shipping in September, and by October proved to be a large success.

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title: Macintosh

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text: Apple

text: introduced

text: its

text: new

text: iMac

text: which

text: like

text: the

text: original

text: K

text: Mac

text: was

text: an

text: all

text: in

text: one

text: computer

text: Its

text: translucent

text: plastic

text: case

text: originally

text: Bondi

text: blue

text: and

text: later

text: various

text: additional

text: colors

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text: considered

text: an

text: industrial

text: design

text: landmark

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text: the

text: late

text: The

text: iMac

text: did

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text: with

text: most

text: of

text: Apple

text: 's

text: standard

text: and

text: usually

text: proprietary

text: connections

text: such

text: as

text: SCSI

text: and

text: ADB

text: in

text: favor

text: of

text: two

text: USB

text: ports

text: It

text: replaced

text: a

text: floppy

text: disk

text: drive

text: with

text: a

text: CD

text: ROM

text: drive

text: for

text: installing

text: software

text: but

text: was

text: incapable

text: of

text: writing

text: to

text: CDs

text: or

text: other

text: media

text: without

text: external

text: third

text: party

text: hardware

text: The

text: iMac

text: proved

text: to

text: be

text: phenomenally

text: successful

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text: units

text: sold

text: in

text: days

text: It

text: made

text: the

text: company

text: an

text: annual

text: profit

text: of

text: US$

text: million

text: Apple

text: 's

text: first

text: profitable

text: year

text: since

text: Michael

text: Spindler

text: took

text: over

text: as

text: CEO

text: in

text: This

text: aesthetic

text: was

text: applied

text: to

text: the

text: Power

text: Macintosh

text: and

text: later

text: the

text: iBook

text: Apple

text: 's

text: first

text: consumer

text: level

text: laptop

text: computer

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text: missing

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text: Apple

text: 's

text: four

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text: for

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text: consumers

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text: professionals

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text: orders

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text: placed

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text: started

text: shipping

text: in

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text: by

text: October

text: proved

text: to

text: be

text: a

text: large

text: success

question: What color was Apples new iMac, which was introduced in 1998?

answer: Bondi blue

text: Bondi blue

question: What did the iMac replace most of Apple's standard connections with?

answer: two USB ports

text: two USB ports

question: What did the iMac replace the floppy disk drive with?

answer: a CD-ROM drive

text: a CD-ROM drive

question: What did the iMac need to use in order to write CDs or other media?

answer: external third-party hardware

text: external third-party hardware

question: How many iMac units sold in the first 139 days?

answer: 800,000


text: People of all ages and social statuses were depicted in the art of the Hellenistic age. Artists such as Peiraikos chose mundane and lower class subjects for his paintings. According to Pliny, "He painted barbers' shops, cobblers' stalls, asses, eatables and similar subjects, earning for himself the name of rhyparographos [painter of dirt/low things]. In these subjects he could give consummate pleasure, selling them for more than other artists received for their large pictures" (Natural History, Book XXXV.112). Even barbarians, such as the Galatians, were depicted in heroic form, prefiguring the artistic theme of the noble savage. The image of Alexander the Great was also an important artistic theme, and all of the diadochi had themselves depicted imitating Alexander's youthful look. A number of the best-known works of Greek sculpture belong to the Hellenistic period, including Laocoön and his Sons, Venus de Milo, and the Winged Victory of Samothrace.

title: Hellenistic_period

title: Hellenistic_period

text: People

text: of

text: all

text: ages

text: and

text: social

text: statuses

text: were

text: depicted

text: in

text: the

text: art

text: of

text: the

text: Hellenistic

text: age

text: Artists

text: such

text: as

text: Peiraikos

text: chose

text: mundane

text: and

text: lower

text: class

text: subjects

text: for

text: his

text: paintings

text: According

text: to

text: Pliny

text: He

text: painted

text: barbers

text: shops

text: cobblers

text: stalls

text: asses

text: eatables

text: and

text: similar

text: subjects

text: earning

text: for

text: himself

text: the

text: name

text: of

text: rhyparographos

text: painter

text: of

text: dirt

text: low

text: things

text: In

text: these

text: subjects

text: he

text: could

text: give

text: consummate

text: pleasure

text: selling

text: them

text: for

text: more

text: than

text: other

text: artists

text: received

text: for

text: their

text: large

text: pictures

text: Natural

text: History

text: Book

text: Even

text: barbarians

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: Galatians

text: were

text: depicted

text: in

text: heroic

text: form

text: prefiguring

text: the

text: artistic

text: theme

text: of

text: the

text: noble

text: savage

text: The

text: image

text: of

text: Alexander

text: the

text: Great

text: was

text: also

text: an

text: important

text: artistic

text: theme

text: and

text: all

text: of

text: the

text: diadochi

text: had

text: themselves

text: depicted

text: imitating

text: Alexander

text: 's

text: youthful

text: look

text: A

text: number

text: of

text: the

text: best

text: known

text: works

text: of

text: Greek

text: sculpture

text: belong

text: to

text: the

text: Hellenistic

text: period

text: including

text: Laocoön

text: and

text: his

text: Sons

text: Venus

text: de

text: Milo

text: and

text: the

text: Winged

text: Victory

text: of

text: Samothrace

question: Which artist chose mundane and low class subjects?

answer: Peiraikos

text: Peiraikos

question: Which barbarians were depicted in heroic form?

answer: Galatians

text: Galatians

question: All of the diadochi painted themselves to look like what leader?

answer: Alexander the Great

text: Alexander the Great

question: Venus de Milo belongs to which period?

answer: Hellenistic

text: Hellenistic


text: RIBA Enterprises is the commercial arm of RIBA, with a registered office in Newcastle upon Tyne, a base at 15 Bonhill Street in London, and an office in Newark. It employs over 250 staff, approximately 180 of whom are based in Newcastle.

title: Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects

title: Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects

text: RIBA

text: Enterprises

text: is

text: the

text: commercial

text: arm

text: of

text: RIBA

text: with

text: a

text: registered

text: office

text: in

text: Newcastle

text: upon

text: Tyne

text: a

text: base

text: at

text: Bonhill

text: Street

text: in

text: London

text: and

text: an

text: office

text: in

text: Newark

text: It

text: employs

text: over

text: staff

text: approximately

text: of

text: whom

text: are

text: based

text: in

text: Newcastle

question: What is the name of the Royal Institute's business operation?

answer: RIBA Enterprises

text: RIBA Enterprises

question: Where does RIBA's business group have its headquarters office?

answer: 15 Bonhill Street in London

text: 15 Bonhill Street in London

question: How many people work for RIBA Enterprises?

answer: over 250

text: over 250

question: How many of RIBA Enterprises' staff are located at the Newcastle office?

answer: 180


text: A 2010 study on Jewish ancestry by Atzmon-Ostrer et al. stated "Two major groups were identified by principal component, phylogenetic, and identity by descent (IBD) analysis: Middle Eastern Jews and European/Syrian Jews. The IBD segment sharing and the proximity of European Jews to each other and to southern European populations suggested similar origins for European Jewry and refuted large-scale genetic contributions of Central and Eastern European and Slavic populations to the formation of Ashkenazi Jewry", as both groups – the Middle Eastern Jews and European/Syrian Jews – shared common ancestors in the Middle East about 2500 years ago. The study examines genetic markers spread across the entire genome and shows that the Jewish groups (Ashkenazi and non Ashkenazi) share large swaths of DNA, indicating close relationships and that each of the Jewish groups in the study (Iranian, Iraqi, Syrian, Italian, Turkish, Greek and Ashkenazi) has its own genetic signature but is more closely related to the other Jewish groups than to their fellow non-Jewish countrymen. Atzmon's team found that the SNP markers in genetic segments of 3 million DNA letters or longer were 10 times more likely to be identical among Jews than non-Jews. Results of the analysis also tally with biblical accounts of the fate of the Jews. The study also found that with respect to non-Jewish European groups, the population most closely related to Ashkenazi Jews are modern-day Italians. The study speculated that the genetic-similarity between Ashkenazi Jews and Italians may be due to inter-marriage and conversions in the time of the Roman Empire. It was also found that any two Ashkenazi Jewish participants in the study shared about as much DNA as fourth or fifth cousins.

title: Ashkenazi_Jews

title: Ashkenazi_Jews

text: A

text: study

text: on

text: Jewish

text: ancestry

text: by

text: Atzmon

text: Ostrer

text: et

text: al

text: stated

text: Two

text: major

text: groups

text: were

text: identified

text: by

text: principal

text: component

text: phylogenetic

text: and

text: identity

text: by

text: descent

text: IBD

text: analysis

text: Middle

text: Eastern

text: Jews

text: and

text: European

text: Syrian

text: Jews

text: The

text: IBD

text: segment

text: sharing

text: and

text: the

text: proximity

text: of

text: European

text: Jews

text: to

text: each

text: other

text: and

text: to

text: southern

text: European

text: populations

text: suggested

text: similar

text: origins

text: for

text: European

text: Jewry

text: and

text: refuted

text: large

text: scale

text: genetic

text: contributions

text: of

text: Central

text: and

text: Eastern

text: European

text: and

text: Slavic

text: populations

text: to

text: the

text: formation

text: of

text: Ashkenazi

text: Jewry

text: as

text: both

text: groups

text: the

text: Middle

text: Eastern

text: Jews

text: and

text: European

text: Syrian

text: Jews

text: shared

text: common

text: ancestors

text: in

text: the

text: Middle

text: East

text: about

text: years

text: ago

text: The

text: study

text: examines

text: genetic

text: markers

text: spread

text: across

text: the

text: entire

text: genome

text: and

text: shows

text: that

text: the

text: Jewish

text: groups

text: Ashkenazi

text: and

text: non

text: Ashkenazi

text: share

text: large

text: swaths

text: of

text: DNA

text: indicating

text: close

text: relationships

text: and

text: that

text: each

text: of

text: the

text: Jewish

text: groups

text: in

text: the

text: study

text: Iranian

text: Iraqi

text: Syrian

text: Italian

text: Turkish

text: Greek

text: and

text: Ashkenazi

text: has

text: its

text: own

text: genetic

text: signature

text: but

text: is

text: more

text: closely

text: related

text: to

text: the

text: other

text: Jewish

text: groups

text: than

text: to

text: their

text: fellow

text: non

text: Jewish

text: countrymen

text: Atzmon

text: 's

text: team

text: found

text: that

text: the

text: SNP

text: markers

text: in

text: genetic

text: segments

text: of

text: million

text: DNA

text: letters

text: or

text: longer

text: were

text: times

text: more

text: likely

text: to

text: be

text: identical

text: among

text: Jews

text: than

text: non

text: Jews

text: Results

text: of

text: the

text: analysis

text: also

text: tally

text: with

text: biblical

text: accounts

text: of

text: the

text: fate

text: of

text: the

text: Jews

text: The

text: study

text: also

text: found

text: that

text: with

text: respect

text: to

text: non

text: Jewish

text: European

text: groups

text: the

text: population

text: most

text: closely

text: related

text: to

text: Ashkenazi

text: Jews

text: are

text: modern

text: day

text: Italians

text: The

text: study

text: speculated

text: that

text: the

text: genetic

text: similarity

text: between

text: Ashkenazi

text: Jews

text: and

text: Italians

text: may

text: be

text: due

text: to

text: inter

text: marriage

text: and

text: conversions

text: in

text: the

text: time

text: of

text: the

text: Roman

text: Empire

text: It

text: was

text: also

text: found

text: that

text: any

text: two

text: Ashkenazi

text: Jewish

text: participants

text: in

text: the

text: study

text: shared

text: about

text: as

text: much

text: DNA

text: as

text: fourth

text: or

text: fifth

text: cousins

question: In a 2010 study, which two groups were identified by principal component, phylogenetic, and identity by descent analysis?

answer: Middle Eastern Jews and European/Syrian Jews

text: Middle Eastern Jews and European/Syrian Jews

question: The 2010 study found that what modern population is most closely related to Ashkenazi Jews?

answer: modern-day Italians

text: modern-day Italians

question: Ashkenazi Jews and Italians may be genetically similar due to what two factors?

answer: inter-marriage and conversions in the time of the Roman Empire

text: inter-marriage and conversions in the time of the Roman Empire


text: The fauna in the state is just as diverse as the flora and varies greatly due to the large contrast in climates. In the mountain zone of the state the most observed mammals are: Mexican fox squirrel (Sciurus nayaritensis), antelope jackrabbit (Lepus alleni), raccoon (Procyon lotor), hooded skunk (Mephitis macroura), wild boar (Sus scrofa), collared peccary (Pecari tajacu), white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), mule deer Odocoileus hemionus, American bison Bison bison, cougar (Puma concolor), eastern cottontail Sylvilagus floridanus, North American porcupine Erethizon dorsatum, bobcat Lynx rufus, Mexican wolf Canis lupus baileyi, and coyote Canis latrans. American black bear Ursus americanus is also found but in very small numbers. The Mexican wolf, once abundant, has been extirpated. The main cause of degradation has been grazing. Although there are many reptilian species in the mountains the most observed species include: Northern Mexican pine snake, Pituophis deppei jani, Texas horned lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum), rock rattlesnake (Crotalus lepidus), black-tailed rattlesnake (Crotalus molossus), and plateau tiger salamander Ambystoma velasci, one of possibly many amphibians to be found in the mountains.

title: Chihuahua_(state)

title: Chihuahua_(state

text: The

text: fauna

text: in

text: the

text: state

text: is

text: just

text: as

text: diverse

text: as

text: the

text: flora

text: and

text: varies

text: greatly

text: due

text: to

text: the

text: large

text: contrast

text: in

text: climates

text: In

text: the

text: mountain

text: zone

text: of

text: the

text: state

text: the

text: most

text: observed

text: mammals

text: are

text: Mexican

text: fox

text: squirrel

text: Sciurus

text: nayaritensis

text: antelope

text: jackrabbit

text: Lepus

text: alleni

text: raccoon

text: Procyon

text: lotor

text: hooded

text: skunk

text: Mephitis

text: macroura

text: wild

text: boar

text: Sus

text: scrofa

text: collared

text: peccary

text: Pecari

text: tajacu

text: white

text: tailed

text: deer

text: Odocoileus

text: virginianus

text: mule

text: deer

text: Odocoileus

text: hemionus

text: American

text: bison

text: Bison

text: bison

text: cougar

text: Puma

text: concolor

text: eastern

text: cottontail

text: Sylvilagus

text: floridanus

text: North

text: American

text: porcupine

text: Erethizon

text: dorsatum

text: bobcat

text: Lynx

text: rufus

text: Mexican

text: wolf

text: Canis

text: lupus

text: baileyi

text: and

text: coyote

text: Canis

text: latrans

text: American

text: black

text: bear

text: Ursus

text: americanus

text: is

text: also

text: found

text: but

text: in

text: very

text: small

text: numbers

text: The

text: Mexican

text: wolf

text: once

text: abundant

text: has

text: been

text: extirpated

text: The

text: main

text: cause

text: of

text: degradation

text: has

text: been

text: grazing

text: Although

text: there

text: are

text: many

text: reptilian

text: species

text: in

text: the

text: mountains

text: the

text: most

text: observed

text: species

text: include

text: Northern

text: Mexican

text: pine

text: snake

text: Pituophis

text: deppei

text: jani

text: Texas

text: horned

text: lizard

text: Phrynosoma

text: cornutum

text: rock

text: rattlesnake

text: Crotalus

text: lepidus

text: black

text: tailed

text: rattlesnake

text: Crotalus

text: molossus

text: and

text: plateau

text: tiger

text: salamander

text: Ambystoma

text: velasci

text: one

text: of

text: possibly

text: many

text: amphibians

text: to

text: be

text: found

text: in

text: the

text: mountains

question: Canis latrans is what animal?

answer: coyote

text: coyote

question: Ursus Americanus is what animal that is found in relatively small numbers?

answer: American black bear

text: American black bear

question: The main cause of degradation has been what?

answer: grazing

text: grazing

question: What type of snake is most popular in the region with many different species?

answer: rattlesnake

text: rattlesnake


text: The centuries-long geopolitical and ideological rivalry between Safavid Iran and the neighboring Ottoman Empire, led to numerous Ottoman–Persian Wars. The Safavid Era peaked in the reign of Abbas the Great, 1587–1629, surpassing their Ottoman arch rivals in strength, and making the empire a leading hub in Western Eurasia for the sciences and arts. The Safavid Era saw the start of mass integration from Caucasian populations into new layers of the society of Iran, as well as mass resettlement of them within the heartlands of Iran, playing a pivotal role in the history of Iran for centuries onwards. Following a gradual decline in the late 1600s and early 1700s, which was caused by the internal conflicts, the continuous wars with the Ottomans, and the foreign interference (most notably the Russian interference), the Safavid rule was ended by the Pashtun rebels who besieged Isfahan and defeated Soltan Hosein in 1722.

title: Iran

title: Iran

text: The

text: centuries

text: long

text: geopolitical

text: and

text: ideological

text: rivalry

text: between

text: Safavid

text: Iran

text: and

text: the

text: neighboring

text: Ottoman

text: Empire

text: led

text: to

text: numerous

text: Ottoman

text: Persian

text: Wars

text: The

text: Safavid

text: Era

text: peaked

text: in

text: the

text: reign

text: of

text: Abbas

text: the

text: Great

text: surpassing

text: their

text: Ottoman

text: arch

text: rivals

text: in

text: strength

text: and

text: making

text: the

text: empire

text: a

text: leading

text: hub

text: in

text: Western

text: Eurasia

text: for

text: the

text: sciences

text: and

text: arts

text: The

text: Safavid

text: Era

text: saw

text: the

text: start

text: of

text: mass

text: integration

text: from

text: Caucasian

text: populations

text: into

text: new

text: layers

text: of

text: the

text: society

text: of

text: Iran

text: as

text: well

text: as

text: mass

text: resettlement

text: of

text: them

text: within

text: the

text: heartlands

text: of

text: Iran

text: playing

text: a

text: pivotal

text: role

text: in

text: the

text: history

text: of

text: Iran

text: for

text: centuries

text: onwards

text: Following

text: a

text: gradual

text: decline

text: in

text: the

text: late

text: and

text: early

text: which

text: was

text: caused

text: by

text: the

text: internal

text: conflicts

text: the

text: continuous

text: wars

text: with

text: the

text: Ottomans

text: and

text: the

text: foreign

text: interference

text: most

text: notably

text: the

text: Russian

text: interference

text: the

text: Safavid

text: rule

text: was

text: ended

text: by

text: the

text: Pashtun

text: rebels

text: who

text: besieged

text: Isfahan

text: and

text: defeated

text: Soltan

text: Hosein

text: in

question: What Empire neighbored and had a rivalry with Safavid Iran?

answer: Ottoman Empire

text: Ottoman Empire

question: Safavid Iran peaked during whose reign?

answer: Abbas the Great

text: Abbas the Great

question: When did the Safavid Empire peak?

answer: 1587–1629

question: Who ended Safavid power in Iran in 1722?

answer: Pashtun rebels

text: Pashtun rebels

question: Who was the last Safavid ruler who was defeated in 1722 by the Pashtuns in Isfahan?

answer: Soltan Hosein

text: Soltan Hosein


text: Solar distillation can be used to make saline or brackish water potable. The first recorded instance of this was by 16th-century Arab alchemists. A large-scale solar distillation project was first constructed in 1872 in the Chilean mining town of Las Salinas. The plant, which had solar collection area of 4,700 m2 (51,000 sq ft), could produce up to 22,700 L (5,000 imp gal; 6,000 US gal) per day and operate for 40 years. Individual still designs include single-slope, double-slope (or greenhouse type), vertical, conical, inverted absorber, multi-wick, and multiple effect. These stills can operate in passive, active, or hybrid modes. Double-slope stills are the most economical for decentralized domestic purposes, while active multiple effect units are more suitable for large-scale applications.

title: Solar_energy

title: Solar_energy

text: Solar

text: distillation

text: can

text: be

text: used

text: to

text: make

text: saline

text: or

text: brackish

text: water

text: potable

text: The

text: first

text: recorded

text: instance

text: of

text: this

text: was

text: by

text: century

text: Arab

text: alchemists

text: A

text: large

text: scale

text: solar

text: distillation

text: project

text: was

text: first

text: constructed

text: in

text: in

text: the

text: Chilean

text: mining

text: town

text: of

text: Las

text: Salinas

text: The

text: plant

text: which

text: had

text: solar

text: collection

text: area

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text: sq

text: ft

text: could

text: produce

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text: to

text: L

text: imp

text: gal

text: US

text: gal

text: per

text: day

text: and

text: operate

text: for

text: years

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text: still

text: designs

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text: slope

text: double

text: slope

text: or

text: greenhouse

text: type

text: vertical

text: conical

text: inverted

text: absorber

text: multi

text: wick

text: and

text: multiple

text: effect

text: These

text: stills

text: can

text: operate

text: in

text: passive

text: active

text: or

text: hybrid

text: modes

text: Double

text: slope

text: stills

text: are

text: the

text: most

text: economical

text: for

text: decentralized

text: domestic

text: purposes

text: while

text: active

text: multiple

text: effect

text: units

text: are

text: more

text: suitable

text: for

text: large

text: scale

text: applications

question: In what year was a large scale solar distillation project constructed in Las Salinas?

answer: 1872

question: What is used to make saline or brackish water drinkable?

answer: Solar distillation

text: Solar distillation

question: By who was the first record of solar distillation done by?

answer: 16th-century Arab alchemists

text: 16th-century Arab alchemists

question: When was the first large solar distillation plant created?

answer: 1872

question: How much water was produced by the plant?

answer: 22,700 L (5,000 imp gal; 6,000 US gal) per day

text: 22,700 L (5,000 imp gal; 6,000 US gal) per day

question: What is an example of a solar distillation design?

answer: single-slope

text: single-slope


text: Epigenetic changes in eukaryotic biology serve to regulate the process of cellular differentiation. During morphogenesis, totipotent stem cells become the various pluripotent cell lines of the embryo, which in turn become fully differentiated cells. A single fertilized egg cell, the zygote, gives rise to the many different plant cell types including parenchyma, xylem vessel elements, phloem sieve tubes, guard cells of the epidermis, etc. as it continues to divide. The process results from the epigenetic activation of some genes and inhibition of others.

title: Botany

title: Botany

text: Epigenetic

text: changes

text: in

text: eukaryotic

text: biology

text: serve

text: to

text: regulate

text: the

text: process

text: of

text: cellular

text: differentiation

text: During

text: morphogenesis

text: totipotent

text: stem

text: cells

text: become

text: the

text: various

text: pluripotent

text: cell

text: lines

text: of

text: the

text: embryo

text: which

text: in

text: turn

text: become

text: fully

text: differentiated

text: cells

text: A

text: single

text: fertilized

text: egg

text: cell

text: the

text: zygote

text: gives

text: rise

text: to

text: the

text: many

text: different

text: plant

text: cell

text: types

text: including

text: parenchyma

text: xylem

text: vessel

text: elements

text: phloem

text: sieve

text: tubes

text: guard

text: cells

text: of

text: the

text: epidermis

text: etc

text: as

text: it

text: continues

text: to

text: divide

text: The

text: process

text: results

text: from

text: the

text: epigenetic

text: activation

text: of

text: some

text: genes

text: and

text: inhibition

text: of

text: others

question: What process causes changes in plant cells?

answer: Epigenetic changes

text: Epigenetic changes

question: What is the original cell of the plant?

answer: the zygote

text: the zygote

question: How are the different cells formed?

answer: continues to divide

text: continues to divide

question: How is it determined, which cells will be formed?

answer: activation of some genes and inhibition of others

text: activation of some genes and inhibition of others


text: Hunter-gatherers would eventually flourish all over the Americas, primarily based in the Great Plains of the United States and Canada, with offshoots as far east as the Gaspé Peninsula on the Atlantic coast, and as far south as Chile, Monte Verde.[citation needed] American hunter-gatherers were spread over a wide geographical area, thus there were regional variations in lifestyles. However, all the individual groups shared a common style of stone tool production, making knapping styles and progress identifiable. This early Paleo-Indian period lithic reduction tool adaptations have been found across the Americas, utilized by highly mobile bands consisting of approximately 25 to 50 members of an extended family.

title: Hunter-gatherer

title: Hunter

title: gatherer

text: Hunter

text: gatherers

text: would

text: eventually

text: flourish

text: all

text: over

text: the

text: Americas

text: primarily

text: based

text: in

text: the

text: Great

text: Plains

text: of

text: the

text: United

text: States

text: and

text: Canada

text: with

text: offshoots

text: as

text: far

text: east

text: as

text: the

text: Gaspé

text: Peninsula

text: on

text: the

text: Atlantic

text: coast

text: and

text: as

text: far

text: south

text: as

text: Chile

text: Monte

text: Verde.[citation

text: needed

text: American

text: hunter

text: gatherers

text: were

text: spread

text: over

text: a

text: wide

text: geographical

text: area

text: thus

text: there

text: were

text: regional

text: variations

text: in

text: lifestyles

text: However

text: all

text: the

text: individual

text: groups

text: shared

text: a

text: common

text: style

text: of

text: stone

text: tool

text: production

text: making

text: knapping

text: styles

text: and

text: progress

text: identifiable

text: This

text: early

text: Paleo

text: Indian

text: period

text: lithic

text: reduction

text: tool

text: adaptations

text: have

text: been

text: found

text: across

text: the

text: Americas

text: utilized

text: by

text: highly

text: mobile

text: bands

text: consisting

text: of

text: approximately

text: to

text: members

text: of

text: an

text: extended

text: family

question: Where did the North American hunter-gathers mostly live?

answer: Great Plains

text: Great Plains

question: What basic trait do all hunter-gatherers share?

answer: stone tool production

text: stone tool production

question: What is it about the tool styles that is remarkable?

answer: common style

text: common style

question: Where have early Paleo -Indian tools been found?

answer: across the Americas

text: across the Americas

question: How many members did the mobile tool-making hunters often have?

answer: 25 to 50 members

text: 25 to 50 members


text: In several countries, fire safety officials encourage citizens to use the two annual clock shifts as reminders to replace batteries in smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, particularly in autumn, just before the heating and candle season causes an increase in home fires. Similar twice-yearly tasks include reviewing and practicing fire escape and family disaster plans, inspecting vehicle lights, checking storage areas for hazardous materials, reprogramming thermostats, and seasonal vaccinations. Locations without DST can instead use the first days of spring and autumn as reminders.

title: Daylight_saving_time

title: Daylight_saving_time

text: In

text: several

text: countries

text: fire

text: safety

text: officials

text: encourage

text: citizens

text: to

text: use

text: the

text: two

text: annual

text: clock

text: shifts

text: as

text: reminders

text: to

text: replace

text: batteries

text: in

text: smoke

text: and

text: carbon

text: monoxide

text: detectors

text: particularly

text: in

text: autumn

text: just

text: before

text: the

text: heating

text: and

text: candle

text: season

text: causes

text: an

text: increase

text: in

text: home

text: fires

text: Similar

text: twice

text: yearly

text: tasks

text: include

text: reviewing

text: and

text: practicing

text: fire

text: escape

text: and

text: family

text: disaster

text: plans

text: inspecting

text: vehicle

text: lights

text: checking

text: storage

text: areas

text: for

text: hazardous

text: materials

text: reprogramming

text: thermostats

text: and

text: seasonal

text: vaccinations

text: Locations

text: without

text: DST

text: can

text: instead

text: use

text: the

text: first

text: days

text: of

text: spring

text: and

text: autumn

text: as

text: reminders

question: There are more fires in the fall and winter because people burn more candles and turn what on to keep warm?

answer: heating

text: heating

question: In addition to smoke detectors, what do fire safety officials suggest people replace batteries in when they set their clocks twice a year?

answer: carbon monoxide detectors

text: carbon monoxide detectors

question: If your area doesn't observe DST, what can you use instead as a twice-yearly reminder?

answer: the first days of spring and autumn

text: the first days of spring and autumn

question: What part of your vehicle should you remember to check twice a year?

answer: lights

text: lights

question: What should you check storage spaces in your home for twice-yearly?

answer: hazardous materials

text: hazardous materials


text: FETs are further divided into depletion-mode and enhancement-mode types, depending on whether the channel is turned on or off with zero gate-to-source voltage. For enhancement mode, the channel is off at zero bias, and a gate potential can "enhance" the conduction. For the depletion mode, the channel is on at zero bias, and a gate potential (of the opposite polarity) can "deplete" the channel, reducing conduction. For either mode, a more positive gate voltage corresponds to a higher current for n-channel devices and a lower current for p-channel devices. Nearly all JFETs are depletion-mode because the diode junctions would forward bias and conduct if they were enhancement-mode devices; most IGFETs are enhancement-mode types.

title: Transistor

title: Transistor

text: FETs

text: are

text: further

text: divided

text: into

text: depletion

text: mode

text: and

text: enhancement

text: mode

text: types

text: depending

text: on

text: whether

text: the

text: channel

text: is

text: turned

text: on

text: or

text: off

text: with

text: zero

text: gate

text: to

text: source

text: voltage

text: For

text: enhancement

text: mode

text: the

text: channel

text: is

text: off

text: at

text: zero

text: bias

text: and

text: a

text: gate

text: potential

text: can

text: enhance

text: the

text: conduction

text: For

text: the

text: depletion

text: mode

text: the

text: channel

text: is

text: on

text: at

text: zero

text: bias

text: and

text: a

text: gate

text: potential

text: of

text: the

text: opposite

text: polarity

text: can

text: deplete

text: the

text: channel

text: reducing

text: conduction

text: For

text: either

text: mode

text: a

text: more

text: positive

text: gate

text: voltage

text: corresponds

text: to

text: a

text: higher

text: current

text: for

text: n

text: channel

text: devices

text: and

text: a

text: lower

text: current

text: for

text: p

text: channel

text: devices

text: Nearly

text: all

text: JFETs

text: are

text: depletion

text: mode

text: because

text: the

text: diode

text: junctions

text: would

text: forward

text: bias

text: and

text: conduct

text: if

text: they

text: were

text: enhancement

text: mode

text: devices

text: most

text: IGFETs

text: are

text: enhancement

text: mode

text: types

question: How are FET's separated?

answer: depletion-mode and enhancement-mode types

text: depletion-mode and enhancement-mode types

question: At what point is a channel off in enhancement-mode?

answer: at zero bias

text: at zero bias

question: At what point is a channel on in depletion-mode?

answer: at zero bias

text: at zero bias

question: What channel corresponds with high current?

answer: n-channel devices

text: n-channel devices

question: What channel corresponds with low current?

answer: p-channel devices

text: p-channel devices


text: Roughly 70% of the area in the RSFSR consisted of broad plains, with mountainous tundra regions mainly concentrated in the east. The area is rich in mineral resources, including petroleum, natural gas, and iron ore.

title: Russian_Soviet_Federative_Socialist_Republic

text: Roughly

text: of

text: the

text: area

text: in

text: the

text: RSFSR

text: consisted

text: of

text: broad

text: plains

text: with

text: mountainous

text: tundra

text: regions

text: mainly

text: concentrated

text: in

text: the

text: east

text: The

text: area

text: is

text: rich

text: in

text: mineral

text: resources

text: including

text: petroleum

text: natural

text: gas

text: and

text: iron

text: ore

question: What percentage of the RSFSR was made up of plains?

answer: 70%

question: In what part of the RSFSR did tundra mainly exist?

answer: the east

text: the east

question: Along with petroleum and iron ore, what resource was abundant in the RSFSR?

answer: natural gas

text: natural gas


text: It seems likely that Alexander himself pursued policies which led Hellenization, such as the foundations of new cities and Greek colonies. While it may have been a deliberate attempt to spread Greek culture (or as Arrian says, "to civilise the natives"), it is more likely that it was a series of pragmatic measures designed to aid in the rule of his enormous empire. Cities and colonies were centers of administrative control and Macedonian power in a newly conquered region. Alexander also seems to have attempted to create a mixed Greco-Persian elite class as shown by the Susa weddings and his adoption of some forms of Persian dress and court culture. He also brought in Persian and other non-Greek peoples into his military and even the elite cavalry units of the companion cavalry. Again, it is probably better to see these policies as a pragmatic response to the demands of ruling a large empire than to any idealized attempt to bringing Greek culture to the 'barbarians'. This approach was bitterly resented by the Macedonians and discarded by most of the Diadochi after Alexander's death. These policies can also be interpreted as the result of Alexander's possible megalomania during his later years.

title: Hellenistic_period

title: Hellenistic_period

text: It

text: seems

text: likely

text: that

text: Alexander

text: himself

text: pursued

text: policies

text: which

text: led

text: Hellenization

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: foundations

text: of

text: new

text: cities

text: and

text: Greek

text: colonies

text: While

text: it

text: may

text: have

text: been

text: a

text: deliberate

text: attempt

text: to

text: spread

text: Greek

text: culture

text: or

text: as

text: Arrian

text: says

text: to

text: civilise

text: the

text: natives

text: it

text: is

text: more

text: likely

text: that

text: it

text: was

text: a

text: series

text: of

text: pragmatic

text: measures

text: designed

text: to

text: aid

text: in

text: the

text: rule

text: of

text: his

text: enormous

text: empire

text: Cities

text: and

text: colonies

text: were

text: centers

text: of

text: administrative

text: control

text: and

text: Macedonian

text: power

text: in

text: a

text: newly

text: conquered

text: region

text: Alexander

text: also

text: seems

text: to

text: have

text: attempted

text: to

text: create

text: a

text: mixed

text: Greco

text: Persian

text: elite

text: class

text: as

text: shown

text: by

text: the

text: Susa

text: weddings

text: and

text: his

text: adoption

text: of

text: some

text: forms

text: of

text: Persian

text: dress

text: and

text: court

text: culture

text: He

text: also

text: brought

text: in

text: Persian

text: and

text: other

text: non

text: Greek

text: peoples

text: into

text: his

text: military

text: and

text: even

text: the

text: elite

text: cavalry

text: units

text: of

text: the

text: companion

text: cavalry

text: Again

text: it

text: is

text: probably

text: better

text: to

text: see

text: these

text: policies

text: as

text: a

text: pragmatic

text: response

text: to

text: the

text: demands

text: of

text: ruling

text: a

text: large

text: empire

text: than

text: to

text: any

text: idealized

text: attempt

text: to

text: bringing

text: Greek

text: culture

text: to

text: the

text: barbarians

text: This

text: approach

text: was

text: bitterly

text: resented

text: by

text: the

text: Macedonians

text: and

text: discarded

text: by

text: most

text: of

text: the

text: Diadochi

text: after

text: Alexander

text: 's

text: death

text: These

text: policies

text: can

text: also

text: be

text: interpreted

text: as

text: the

text: result

text: of

text: Alexander

text: 's

text: possible

text: megalomania

text: during

text: his

text: later

text: years

question: Who led Hellenization practices by founding new Greek cities and colonies?

answer: Alexander

text: Alexander

question: Susa weddings were an example of how Alexander mixed Greek culture with what other culture?

answer: Persian

text: Persian

question: Who bitterly resented Alexander's pragmatic approach of selecting his military?

answer: the Macedonians

text: the Macedonians

question: Alexander suffered from what mental disorder?

answer: megalomania

text: megalomania


text: After gaining the Master Sword, Link is cleansed of the magic that kept him in wolf form, obtaining the Shadow Crystal. Now able to use it to switch between both forms at will, Link is led by Midna to the Mirror of Twilight located deep within the Gerudo Desert, the only known gateway between the Twilight Realm and Hyrule. However, they discover that the mirror is broken. The Sages there explain that Zant tried to destroy it, but he was only able to shatter it into fragments; only the true ruler of the Twili can completely destroy the Mirror of Twilight. They also reveal that they used it a century ago to banish Ganondorf, the Gerudo leader who attempted to steal the Triforce, to the Twilight Realm when executing him failed. Assisted by an underground resistance group they meet in Castle Town, Link and Midna set out to retrieve the missing shards of the Mirror, defeating those they infected. Once the portal has been restored, Midna is revealed to be the true ruler of the Twilight Realm, usurped by Zant when he cursed her into her current form. Confronting Zant, Link and Midna learn that Zant's coup was made possible when he forged a pact with Ganondorf, who asked for Zant's assistance in conquering Hyrule. After Link defeats Zant, Midna recovers the Fused Shadows, but destroys Zant after learning that only Ganondorf's death can release her from her curse. Returning to Hyrule, Link and Midna find Ganondorf in Hyrule Castle, with a lifeless Zelda suspended above his head. Ganondorf fights Link by possessing Zelda's body and eventually by transforming into a beast, but Link defeats him and Midna is able to resurrect Zelda.

title: The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess

title: The_Legend_of_Zelda:_Twilight_Princess

text: After

text: gaining

text: the

text: Master

text: Sword

text: Link

text: is

text: cleansed

text: of

text: the

text: magic

text: that

text: kept

text: him

text: in

text: wolf

text: form

text: obtaining

text: the

text: Shadow

text: Crystal

text: Now

text: able

text: to

text: use

text: it

text: to

text: switch

text: between

text: both

text: forms

text: at

text: will

text: Link

text: is

text: led

text: by

text: Midna

text: to

text: the

text: Mirror

text: of

text: Twilight

text: located

text: deep

text: within

text: the

text: Gerudo

text: Desert

text: the

text: only

text: known

text: gateway

text: between

text: the

text: Twilight

text: Realm

text: and

text: Hyrule

text: However

text: they

text: discover

text: that

text: the

text: mirror

text: is

text: broken

text: The

text: Sages

text: there

text: explain

text: that

text: Zant

text: tried

text: to

text: destroy

text: it

text: but

text: he

text: was

text: only

text: able

text: to

text: shatter

text: it

text: into

text: fragments

text: only

text: the

text: true

text: ruler

text: of

text: the

text: Twili

text: can

text: completely

text: destroy

text: the

text: Mirror

text: of

text: Twilight

text: They

text: also

text: reveal

text: that

text: they

text: used

text: it

text: a

text: century

text: ago

text: to

text: banish

text: Ganondorf

text: the

text: Gerudo

text: leader

text: who

text: attempted

text: to

text: steal

text: the

text: Triforce

text: to

text: the

text: Twilight

text: Realm

text: when

text: executing

text: him

text: failed

text: Assisted

text: by

text: an

text: underground

text: resistance

text: group

text: they

text: meet

text: in

text: Castle

text: Town

text: Link

text: and

text: Midna

text: set

text: out

text: to

text: retrieve

text: the

text: missing

text: shards

text: of

text: the

text: Mirror

text: defeating

text: those

text: they

text: infected

text: Once

text: the

text: portal

text: has

text: been

text: restored

text: Midna

text: is

text: revealed

text: to

text: be

text: the

text: true

text: ruler

text: of

text: the

text: Twilight

text: Realm

text: usurped

text: by

text: Zant

text: when

text: he

text: cursed

text: her

text: into

text: her

text: current

text: form

text: Confronting

text: Zant

text: Link

text: and

text: Midna

text: learn

text: that

text: Zant

text: 's

text: coup

text: was

text: made

text: possible

text: when

text: he

text: forged

text: a

text: pact

text: with

text: Ganondorf

text: who

text: asked

text: for

text: Zant

text: 's

text: assistance

text: in

text: conquering

text: Hyrule

text: After

text: Link

text: defeats

text: Zant

text: Midna

text: recovers

text: the

text: Fused

text: Shadows

text: but

text: destroys

text: Zant

text: after

text: learning

text: that

text: only

text: Ganondorf

text: 's

text: death

text: can

text: release

text: her

text: from

text: her

text: curse

text: Returning

text: to

text: Hyrule

text: Link

text: and

text: Midna

text: find

text: Ganondorf

text: in

text: Hyrule

text: Castle

text: with

text: a

text: lifeless

text: Zelda

text: suspended

text: above

text: his

text: head

text: Ganondorf

text: fights

text: Link

text: by

text: possessing

text: Zelda

text: 's

text: body

text: and

text: eventually

text: by

text: transforming

text: into

text: a

text: beast

text: but

text: Link

text: defeats

text: him

text: and

text: Midna

text: is

text: able

text: to

text: resurrect

text: Zelda

question: What does Link obtain that gives him control over his transformations?

answer: Shadow Crystal

text: Shadow Crystal

question: Where does Midna take Link after he acquires the Master Sword?

answer: Mirror of Twilight

text: Mirror of Twilight

question: Who was the Mirror of Twilight used to fight prior to Zant?

answer: Ganondorf

text: Ganondorf

question: Where is Ganondorf located after Zant's defeat?

answer: Hyrule Castle

text: Hyrule Castle

question: Whose body is used as a proxy by Ganondorf in order to fight Link?

answer: Zelda's

text: Zelda's

question: What allows Link to switch between his two forms?

answer: Shadow Crystal

text: Shadow Crystal

question: What is the only known gateway between Twilight Realm & Hyrule?

answer: Gerudo Desert

text: Gerudo Desert

question: Who is revealed as the true ruler of Twilight Realm?

answer: Midna

text: Midna

question: Who did Zant form a pact with?

answer: Ganondorf

text: Ganondorf

question: What does Ganondorf transform into?

answer: beast

text: beast


text: Other features of the city's transportation infrastructure encompass more than 12,000 yellow taxicabs; various competing startup transportation network companies; and an aerial tramway that transports commuters between Roosevelt Island and Manhattan Island.

title: New_York_City

title: New_York_City

text: Other

text: features

text: of

text: the

text: city

text: 's

text: transportation

text: infrastructure

text: encompass

text: more

text: than

text: yellow

text: taxicabs

text: various

text: competing

text: startup

text: transportation

text: network

text: companies

text: and

text: an

text: aerial

text: tramway

text: that

text: transports

text: commuters

text: between

text: Roosevelt

text: Island

text: and

text: Manhattan

text: Island

question: About how many yellow cabs operate in New York?

answer: 12,000

question: Where does the aerial tramway that starts on Roosevelt Island terminate?

answer: Manhattan Island

text: Manhattan Island


text: Where old disc recordings are considered to be of artistic or historic interest, from before the era of tape or where no tape master exists, archivists play back the disc on suitable equipment and record the result, typically onto a digital format, which can be copied and manipulated to remove analog flaws without any further damage to the source recording. For example, Nimbus Records uses a specially built horn record player to transfer 78s. Anyone can do this using a standard record player with a suitable pickup, a phono-preamp (pre-amplifier) and a typical personal computer. However, for accurate transfer, professional archivists carefully choose the correct stylus shape and diameter, tracking weight, equalisation curve and other playback parameters and use high-quality analogue-to-digital converters.

title: Gramophone_record

title: Gramophone_record

text: Where

text: old

text: disc

text: recordings

text: are

text: considered

text: to

text: be

text: of

text: artistic

text: or

text: historic

text: interest

text: from

text: before

text: the

text: era

text: of

text: tape

text: or

text: where

text: no

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question: Is it difficult to transfer recording from historic interest to newer technologies?

answer: Anyone can do this

text: Anyone can do this

question: What would offer the highest quality transfers of historic interest?

answer: professional archivists

text: professional archivists

question: What would a hobbiest need to transfer historic recordings to digital formats?

answer: standard record player with a suitable pickup, a phono-preamp (pre-amplifier) and a typical personal computer

text: standard record player with a suitable pickup, a phono-preamp (pre-amplifier) and a typical personal computer

question: Is an original destroyed when transferred to digital format?

answer: without any further damage to the source recording

text: without any further damage to the source recording

question: What is one benefit of transferring an older format to a newer format?

answer: manipulated to remove analog flaws

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text: In the First World War, Devonport was the headquarters of Western Approaches Command until 1941 and Sunderland flying boats were operated by the Royal Australian Air Force. It was an important embarkation point for US troops for D-Day. The city was heavily bombed by the Luftwaffe, in a series of 59 raids known as the Plymouth Blitz. Although the dockyards were the principal targets, much of the city centre and over 3,700 houses were completely destroyed and more than 1,000 civilians lost their lives. This was largely due to Plymouth's status as a major port Charles Church was hit by incendiary bombs and partially destroyed in 1941 during the Blitz, but has not been demolished, as it is now an official permanent monument to the bombing of Plymouth during World War II.

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text: War

text: II

question: What force used Sunderland flying boats out of Devonport?

answer: Royal Australian Air Force

text: Royal Australian Air Force

question: What military organization was based in Devonport until 1941?

answer: Western Approaches Command

text: Western Approaches Command

question: How many attacks comprised the Plymouth Blitz?

answer: 59

question: How many civilian deaths occurred as a result of the Plymouth Blitz?

answer: more than 1,000

text: more than 1,000

question: How many homes were totally destroyed in the Plymouth Blitz?

answer: over 3,700

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text: When the Dzungar Mongols attempted to spread their territory from what is now Xinjiang into Tibet, the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1661–1722) responded to Tibetan pleas for aid with his own expedition to Tibet, occupying Lhasa in 1720. By 1751, during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor (r. 1735–1796), a protectorate and permanent Qing dynasty garrison was established in Tibet. As of 1751, Albert Kolb writes that "Chinese claims to suzerainty over Tibet date from this time."

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text: permanent

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text: established

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text: As

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text: Albert

text: Kolb

text: writes

text: that

text: Chinese

text: claims

text: to

text: suzerainty

text: over

text: Tibet

text: date

text: from

text: this

text: time

question: Who tried to spread their territory into Tibet?

answer: the Dzungar Mongols

text: the Dzungar Mongols

question: Who helped the Tibetan?

answer: the Kangxi Emperor

text: the Kangxi Emperor

question: When did the Kangxi Emperor occupy Lhasa?

answer: 1720

question: When was The Qing dynasty garrison established in Tibet?

answer: 1751

question: When did the Qianlong Emperor reign?

answer: 1735–1796


text: London has played a significant role in the film industry, and has major studios at Ealing and a special effects and post-production community centred in Soho. Working Title Films has its headquarters in London. London has been the setting for films including Oliver Twist (1948), Scrooge (1951), Peter Pan (1953), The 101 Dalmatians (1961), My Fair Lady (1964), Mary Poppins (1964), Blowup (1966), The Long Good Friday (1980), Notting Hill (1999), Love Actually (2003), V For Vendetta (2005), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street (2008) and The King's Speech (2010). Notable actors and filmmakers from London include; Charlie Chaplin, Alfred Hitchcock, Michael Caine, Helen Mirren, Gary Oldman, Christopher Nolan, Jude Law, Tom Hardy, Keira Knightley and Daniel Day-Lewis. As of 2008[update], the British Academy Film Awards have taken place at the Royal Opera House. London is a major centre for television production, with studios including BBC Television Centre, The Fountain Studios and The London Studios. Many television programmes have been set in London, including the popular television soap opera EastEnders, broadcast by the BBC since 1985.

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question: What major film production company calls London home?

answer: Working Title Films

text: Working Title Films

question: In what theater are the British Academy film awards presented?

answer: the Royal Opera House

text: the Royal Opera House

question: What popular soap opera has the BBC televised since 1985?

answer: EastEnders

text: EastEnders

question: What silent movie film star who made movies such as The Little Tramp hailed from London?

answer: Charlie Chaplin

text: Charlie Chaplin

question: In what year was the stage musical My Fair Lady, set in turn-of-the-century London, made into a major motion picture?

answer: 1964


text: After setting up his workshop, Bell continued experiments based on Helmholtz's work with electricity and sound. He also modified a melodeon (a type of pump organ) so that it could transmit its music electrically over a distance. Once the family was settled in, both Bell and his father made plans to establish a teaching practice and in 1871, he accompanied his father to Montreal, where Melville was offered a position to teach his System of Visible Speech.

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answer: melodeon

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question: What is a melodeon a kind of?

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question: When did Bell go to Montreal?

answer: 1871

question: Who went with Bell to Montreal?

answer: father

text: father

question: How did Bell's reworked melodeon send music?

answer: electrically

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text: Constantine successfully balanced his own role as an instrument of the pax deorum with the power of the Christian priesthoods in determining what was (in traditional Roman terms) auspicious - or in Christian terms, what was orthodox. The edict of Milan (313) redefined Imperial ideology as one of mutual toleration. Constantine had triumphed under the signum (sign) of the Christ: Christianity was therefore officially embraced along with traditional religions and from his new Eastern capital, Constantine could be seen to embody both Christian and Hellenic religious interests. He may have officially ended – or attempted to end – blood sacrifices to the genius of living emperors but his Imperial iconography and court ceremonial outstripped Diocletian's in their supra-human elevation of the Imperial hierarch. His later direct intervention in Church affairs proved a political masterstroke. Constantine united the empire as an absolute head of state, and on his death, he was honored as a Christian, Imperial, and "divus".

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question: What edict defined imperial ideas as being those of toleration?

answer: edict of Milan

text: edict of Milan

question: How did Constantine accept Christianity?

answer: officially

text: officially

question: Besides the acceptance of Christianity, what other religious cults were tolerated?

answer: traditional religions

text: traditional religions

question: As what type of ruler did Constantine unite the empire and church?

answer: absolute head of state

text: absolute head of state

question: As what was Constantine honored when he died?

answer: Christian, Imperial, and "divus"

text: Christian, Imperial, and "divus"


text: During the Middle Ages, Paris was a center of Jewish learning with famous Talmudic scholars, such as Yechiel of Paris who took part in the Disputation of Paris between Christian and Jewish intellectuals. The Parisian Jewish community was victim of persecution, alternating expulsions and returns, until France became the first country in Europe to emancipate its Jewish population during the French Revolution. Although 75% of the Jewish population in France survived the Holocaust during World War II, half the city's Jewish population perished in Nazi concentration camps, while some others fled abroad. A large migration of North Africa Sephardic Jews settled Paris in the 1960s, and represent most of the Paris Jewish community today. There are currently 83 synagogues in the city; The Marais-quarter Agoudas Hakehilos Synagogue, built in 1913 by architect Hector Guimard, is a Paris landmark.

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text: Middle

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text: Disputation

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text: Paris

text: between

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text: Jewish

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text: persecution

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text: returns

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text: first

text: country

text: in

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text: to

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text: Jewish

text: population

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text: French

text: Revolution

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text: Jewish

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text: Holocaust

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text: World

text: War

text: II

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text: the

text: city

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text: Jewish

text: population

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text: concentration

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text: abroad

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text: migration

text: of

text: North

text: Africa

text: Sephardic

text: Jews

text: settled

text: Paris

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text: and

text: represent

text: most

text: of

text: the

text: Paris

text: Jewish

text: community

text: today

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text: are

text: currently

text: synagogues

text: in

text: the

text: city

text: The

text: Marais

text: quarter

text: Agoudas

text: Hakehilos

text: Synagogue

text: built

text: in

text: by

text: architect

text: Hector

text: Guimard

text: is

text: a

text: Paris

text: landmark

question: Who built the Marais-quarter Agodudas Hakehilos Synagogue?

answer: Hector Guimard

text: Hector Guimard

question: When was the Marais-quarter Agoudas Hakehilos Synagogue built?

answer: 1913

question: When did a large number of Sephardic Jews settle in Paris?

answer: 1960s

question: What percentage of France's Jewish population survived the holocaust?

answer: 75


text: On 27 September, MacArthur received the top secret National Security Council Memorandum 81/1 from Truman reminding him that operations north of the 38th parallel were authorized only if "at the time of such operation there was no entry into North Korea by major Soviet or Chinese Communist forces, no announcements of intended entry, nor a threat to counter our operations militarily..." On 29 September MacArthur restored the government of the Republic of Korea under Syngman Rhee. On 30 September, Defense Secretary George Marshall sent an eyes-only message to MacArthur: "We want you to feel unhampered tactically and strategically to proceed north of the 38th parallel." During October, the ROK police executed people who were suspected to be sympathetic to North Korea, and similar massacres were carried out until early 1951.

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text: Republic

text: of

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text: Secretary

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text: Marshall

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text: only

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text: MacArthur

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text: to

text: feel

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text: and

text: strategically

text: to

text: proceed

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text: of

text: the

text: parallel

text: During

text: October

text: the

text: ROK

text: police

text: executed

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text: who

text: were

text: suspected

text: to

text: be

text: sympathetic

text: to

text: North

text: Korea

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text: similar

text: massacres

text: were

text: carried

text: out

text: until

text: early

question: What memorandum stated the circumstances for engaging in conflict above the 38th parallel?

answer: National Security Council Memorandum 81/1

text: National Security Council Memorandum 81/1

question: Who controlled the newly restored government of the Republic of Korea?

answer: Syngman Rhee

text: Syngman Rhee

question: Who sent a message to MacArthur giving him the authority to proceed past the 38th parallel?

answer: Defense Secretary George Marshall

text: Defense Secretary George Marshall

question: Who executed people who were believed to be loyal to North Korea?

answer: ROK police

text: ROK police

question: What year did the executions stop?

answer: 1951


text: The mosaics of the Villa Romana del Casale near Piazza Armerina in Sicily are the largest collection of late Roman mosaics in situ in the world, and are protected as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The large villa rustica, which was probably owned by Emperor Maximian, was built largely in the early 4th century. The mosaics were covered and protected for 700 years by a landslide that occurred in the 12th Century. The most important pieces are the Circus Scene, the 64m long Great Hunting Scene, the Little Hunt, the Labours of Hercules and the famous Bikini Girls, showing women undertaking a range of sporting activities in garments that resemble 20th Century bikinis. The peristyle, the imperial apartments and the thermae were also decorated with ornamental and mythological mosaics. Other important examples of Roman mosaic art in Sicily were unearthed on the Piazza Vittoria in Palermo where two houses were discovered. The most important scenes there depicted Orpheus, Alexander the Great's Hunt and the Four Seasons.

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text: Scene

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text: Little

text: Hunt

text: the

text: Labours

text: of

text: Hercules

text: and

text: the

text: famous

text: Bikini

text: Girls

text: showing

text: women

text: undertaking

text: a

text: range

text: of

text: sporting

text: activities

text: in

text: garments

text: that

text: resemble

text: Century

text: bikinis

text: The

text: peristyle

text: the

text: imperial

text: apartments

text: and

text: the

text: thermae

text: were

text: also

text: decorated

text: with

text: ornamental

text: and

text: mythological

text: mosaics

text: Other

text: important

text: examples

text: of

text: Roman

text: mosaic

text: art

text: in

text: Sicily

text: were

text: unearthed

text: on

text: the

text: Piazza

text: Vittoria

text: in

text: Palermo

text: where

text: two

text: houses

text: were

text: discovered

text: The

text: most

text: important

text: scenes

text: there

text: depicted

text: Orpheus

text: Alexander

text: the

text: Great

text: 's

text: Hunt

text: and

text: the

text: Four

text: Seasons

question: In what area of Italy is the largest collection of mosaics in the world?

answer: Sicily

text: Sicily

question: Who most likely lived in the large villa rustica?

answer: Emperor Maximian

text: Emperor Maximian

question: What caused the mosaics at the villa rustica to be protected for centuries?

answer: a landslide

text: a landslide

question: How long is the hunting scene at the villa rustica?

answer: 64m

question: Where in Sicily were the "Orpheus," and the "Four Seasons" discovered?

answer: Piazza Vittoria in Palermo

text: Piazza Vittoria in Palermo


text: Buddhist meditation is fundamentally concerned with two themes: transforming the mind and using it to explore itself and other phenomena. According to Theravada Buddhism the Buddha taught two types of meditation, samatha meditation (Sanskrit: śamatha) and vipassanā meditation (Sanskrit: vipaśyanā). In Chinese Buddhism, these exist (translated chih kuan), but Chán (Zen) meditation is more popular. According to Peter Harvey, whenever Buddhism has been healthy, not only monks, nuns, and married lamas, but also more committed lay people have practiced meditation. According to Routledge's Encyclopedia of Buddhism, in contrast, throughout most of Buddhist history before modern times, serious meditation by lay people has been unusual. The evidence of the early texts suggests that at the time of the Buddha, many male and female lay practitioners did practice meditation, some even to the point of proficiency in all eight jhānas (see the next section regarding these).[note 11]

title: Buddhism

title: Buddhism

text: Buddhist

text: meditation

text: is

text: fundamentally

text: concerned

text: with

text: two

text: themes

text: transforming

text: the

text: mind

text: and

text: using

text: it

text: to

text: explore

text: itself

text: and

text: other

text: phenomena

text: According

text: to

text: Theravada

text: Buddhism

text: the

text: Buddha

text: taught

text: two

text: types

text: of

text: meditation

text: samatha

text: meditation

text: Sanskrit

text: śamatha

text: and

text: vipassanā

text: meditation

text: Sanskrit

text: vipaśyanā

text: In

text: Chinese

text: Buddhism

text: these

text: exist

text: translated

text: chih

text: kuan

text: but

text: Chán

text: Zen

text: meditation

text: is

text: more

text: popular

text: According

text: to

text: Peter

text: Harvey

text: whenever

text: Buddhism

text: has

text: been

text: healthy

text: not

text: only

text: monks

text: nuns

text: and

text: married

text: lamas

text: but

text: also

text: more

text: committed

text: lay

text: people

text: have

text: practiced

text: meditation

text: According

text: to

text: Routledge

text: 's

text: Encyclopedia

text: of

text: Buddhism

text: in

text: contrast

text: throughout

text: most

text: of

text: Buddhist

text: history

text: before

text: modern

text: times

text: serious

text: meditation

text: by

text: lay

text: people

text: has

text: been

text: unusual

text: The

text: evidence

text: of

text: the

text: early

text: texts

text: suggests

text: that

text: at

text: the

text: time

text: of

text: the

text: Buddha

text: many

text: male

text: and

text: female

text: lay

text: practitioners

text: did

text: practice

text: meditation

text: some

text: even

text: to

text: the

text: point

text: of

text: proficiency

text: in

text: all

text: eight

text: jhānas

text: see

text: the

text: next

text: section

text: regarding

text: these).[note

question: In Chinese Buddhism what meditation is more popular?

answer: Zen

text: Zen

question: Evidence has shown some lay people got to proficiency in all eight what?

answer: jhānas

text: jhānas


text: According to the Centre for Law and Democracy (CLD) and the African Union/United Nations Information Support Team (IST), Somalia did not have systemic internet blocking or filtering as of December 2012. The application of content standards online was also unclear.

title: Communications_in_Somalia

title: Communications_in_Somalia

text: According

text: to

text: the

text: Centre

text: for

text: Law

text: and

text: Democracy

text: CLD

text: and

text: the

text: African

text: Union

text: United

text: Nations

text: Information

text: Support

text: Team

text: IST

text: Somalia

text: did

text: not

text: have

text: systemic

text: internet

text: blocking

text: or

text: filtering

text: as

text: of

text: December

text: The

text: application

text: of

text: content

text: standards

text: online

text: was

text: also

text: unclear

question: What is the IST?

answer: Information Support Team

text: Information Support Team

question: As of December 2012, Somalia did not have systematic what?

answer: internet blocking or filtering

text: internet blocking or filtering

question: What internet standards were also unlear as of December, 2012?

answer: content standards online

text: content standards online


text: According to Pew Research, 7% of the population identifies as Christian; 4% as Muslim; 1% follows traditional animistic beliefs; and 2% follow other religions, including Mahayana Buddhism, Hinduism, and East Asian religions. However, according to a US State Department's 2010 international religious freedom report, official statistics are alleged to underestimate the non-Buddhist population. Independent researchers put the Muslim population at 6 to 10% of the population[citation needed]. Jehovah's Witnesses have been present since 1914 and have about 80 congregations around the country and a branch office in Yangon publishing in 16 languages. A tiny Jewish community in Rangoon had a synagogue but no resident rabbi to conduct services.

title: Myanmar

title: Myanmar

text: According

text: to

text: Pew

text: Research

text: of

text: the

text: population

text: identifies

text: as

text: Christian

text: as

text: Muslim

text: follows

text: traditional

text: animistic

text: beliefs

text: and

text: follow

text: other

text: religions

text: including

text: Mahayana

text: Buddhism

text: Hinduism

text: and

text: East

text: Asian

text: religions

text: However

text: according

text: to

text: a

text: US

text: State

text: Department

text: 's

text: international

text: religious

text: freedom

text: report

text: official

text: statistics

text: are

text: alleged

text: to

text: underestimate

text: the

text: non

text: Buddhist

text: population

text: Independent

text: researchers

text: put

text: the

text: Muslim

text: population

text: at

text: to

text: of

text: the

text: population[citation

text: needed

text: Jehovah

text: 's

text: Witnesses

text: have

text: been

text: present

text: since

text: and

text: have

text: about

text: congregations

text: around

text: the

text: country

text: and

text: a

text: branch

text: office

text: in

text: Yangon

text: publishing

text: in

text: languages

text: A

text: tiny

text: Jewish

text: community

text: in

text: Rangoon

text: had

text: a

text: synagogue

text: but

text: no

text: resident

text: rabbi

text: to

text: conduct

text: services

question: What part of the populace does not  identify with conformists religious  majority?

answer: 7% of the population identifies as Christian; 4% as Muslim; 1% follows traditional animistic beliefs; and 2% follow other religions

text: 7% of the population identifies as Christian; 4% as Muslim; 1% follows traditional animistic beliefs; and 2% follow other religions

question: Are these percentages an accurate estimate of nonconformists religious  groups ?

answer: international religious freedom report, official statistics are alleged to underestimate the non-Buddhist population.

text: international religious freedom report, official statistics are alleged to underestimate the non-Buddhist population.

question: How many dwelling are dedicated to the worship of the faith Jehovah's Witnesses ?

answer: 80 congregations around the country and a branch office in Yangon

text: 80 congregations around the country and a branch office in Yangon

question: How many dialects are the publications distributed by the Jehovah Witness available in ?

answer: 16 languages

text: 16 languages

question: What problem presented itself to the Jewish locale in Rangoon ?

answer: a synagogue but no resident rabbi to conduct services

text: a synagogue but no resident rabbi to conduct services


text: Recessed lighting (often called "pot lights" in Canada, "can lights" or 'high hats" in the US) is popular, with fixtures mounted into the ceiling structure so as to appear flush with it. These downlights can use narrow beam spotlights, or wider-angle floodlights, both of which are bulbs having their own reflectors. There are also downlights with internal reflectors designed to accept common 'A' lamps (light bulbs) which are generally less costly than reflector lamps. Downlights can be incandescent, fluorescent, HID (high intensity discharge) or LED.

title: Lighting

title: Lighting

text: Recessed

text: lighting

text: often

text: called

text: pot

text: lights

text: in

text: Canada

text: can

text: lights

text: or

text: high

text: hats

text: in

text: the

text: US

text: is

text: popular

text: with

text: fixtures

text: mounted

text: into

text: the

text: ceiling

text: structure

text: so

text: as

text: to

text: appear

text: flush

text: with

text: it

text: These

text: downlights

text: can

text: use

text: narrow

text: beam

text: spotlights

text: or

text: wider

text: angle

text: floodlights

text: both

text: of

text: which

text: are

text: bulbs

text: having

text: their

text: own

text: reflectors

text: There

text: are

text: also

text: downlights

text: with

text: internal

text: reflectors

text: designed

text: to

text: accept

text: common

text: A

text: lamps

text: light

text: bulbs

text: which

text: are

text: generally

text: less

text: costly

text: than

text: reflector

text: lamps

text: Downlights

text: can

text: be

text: incandescent

text: fluorescent

text: HID

text: high

text: intensity

text: discharge

text: or

text: LED

question: What type of lighting can be mounted in the ceiling to appear flush?

answer: Recessed lighting

text: Recessed lighting


text: This influx was compounded by the decline of the Western Sudanic Mali Empire in 1375 and the Songhai Empire in 1591. Additionally, as inland regions underwent desertification, inhabitants moved to the wetter coast. These new inhabitants brought skills such as cotton spinning, cloth weaving, iron smelting, rice and sorghum cultivation, and social and political institutions from the Mali and Songhai empires. Shortly after the Mane conquered the region, the Vai people of the former Mali Empire immigrated into the Grand Cape Mount region. The ethnic Kru opposed the influx of Vai, forming an alliance with the Mane to stop further influx of Vai.[citation needed]

title: Liberia

title: Liberia

text: This

text: influx

text: was

text: compounded

text: by

text: the

text: decline

text: of

text: the

text: Western

text: Sudanic

text: Mali

text: Empire

text: in

text: and

text: the

text: Songhai

text: Empire

text: in

text: Additionally

text: as

text: inland

text: regions

text: underwent

text: desertification

text: inhabitants

text: moved

text: to

text: the

text: wetter

text: coast

text: These

text: new

text: inhabitants

text: brought

text: skills

text: such

text: as

text: cotton

text: spinning

text: cloth

text: weaving

text: iron

text: smelting

text: rice

text: and

text: sorghum

text: cultivation

text: and

text: social

text: and

text: political

text: institutions

text: from

text: the

text: Mali

text: and

text: Songhai

text: empires

text: Shortly

text: after

text: the

text: Mane

text: conquered

text: the

text: region

text: the

text: Vai

text: people

text: of

text: the

text: former

text: Mali

text: Empire

text: immigrated

text: into

text: the

text: Grand

text: Cape

text: Mount

text: region

text: The

text: ethnic

text: Kru

text: opposed

text: the

text: influx

text: of

text: Vai

text: forming

text: an

text: alliance

text: with

text: the

text: Mane

text: to

text: stop

text: further

text: influx

text: of

text: Vai.[citation

text: needed

question: What empire was o the decline on 1375?

answer: Western Sudanic Mali Empire

text: Western Sudanic Mali Empire

question: What happened when regions underwent desertification?

answer: inhabitants moved to the wetter coast

text: inhabitants moved to the wetter coast

question: Who opposed the influx of vai forming an alliance with maine?

answer: The ethnic Kru

text: The ethnic Kru

question: Where did the people of the Mali empire immigrate to?

answer: the Grand Cape Mount region.

text: the Grand Cape Mount region.


text: After a lull during the period of modern architectural dominance (roughly post-World War II until the mid-1980s), neoclassicism has seen somewhat of a resurgence. This rebirth can be traced to the movement of New Urbanism and postmodern architecture's embrace of classical elements as ironic, especially in light of the dominance of Modernism. While some continued to work with classicism as ironic, some architects such as Thomas Gordon Smith, began to consider classicism seriously. While some schools had interest in classical architecture, such as the University of Virginia, no school was purely dedicated to classical architecture. In the early 1990s a program in classical architecture was started by Smith and Duncan Stroik at the University of Notre Dame that continues successfully. Programs at the University of Miami, Andrews University, Judson University and The Prince's Foundation for Building Community have trained a number of new classical architects since this resurgence. Today one can find numerous buildings embracing neoclassical style, since a generation of architects trained in this discipline shapes urban planning.

title: Neoclassical_architecture

title: Neoclassical_architecture

text: After

text: a

text: lull

text: during

text: the

text: period

text: of

text: modern

text: architectural

text: dominance

text: roughly

text: post

text: World

text: War

text: II

text: until

text: the

text: neoclassicism

text: has

text: seen

text: somewhat

text: of

text: a

text: resurgence

text: This

text: rebirth

text: can

text: be

text: traced

text: to

text: the

text: movement

text: of

text: New

text: Urbanism

text: and

text: postmodern

text: architecture

text: 's

text: embrace

text: of

text: classical

text: elements

text: as

text: ironic

text: especially

text: in

text: light

text: of

text: the

text: dominance

text: of

text: Modernism

text: While

text: some

text: continued

text: to

text: work

text: with

text: classicism

text: as

text: ironic

text: some

text: architects

text: such

text: as

text: Thomas

text: Gordon

text: Smith

text: began

text: to

text: consider

text: classicism

text: seriously

text: While

text: some

text: schools

text: had

text: interest

text: in

text: classical

text: architecture

text: such

text: as

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Virginia

text: no

text: school

text: was

text: purely

text: dedicated

text: to

text: classical

text: architecture

text: In

text: the

text: early

text: a

text: program

text: in

text: classical

text: architecture

text: was

text: started

text: by

text: Smith

text: and

text: Duncan

text: Stroik

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Notre

text: Dame

text: that

text: continues

text: successfully

text: Programs

text: at

text: the

text: University

text: of

text: Miami

text: Andrews

text: University

text: Judson

text: University

text: and

text: The

text: Prince

text: 's

text: Foundation

text: for

text: Building

text: Community

text: have

text: trained

text: a

text: number

text: of

text: new

text: classical

text: architects

text: since

text: this

text: resurgence

text: Today

text: one

text: can

text: find

text: numerous

text: buildings

text: embracing

text: neoclassical

text: style

text: since

text: a

text: generation

text: of

text: architects

text: trained

text: in

text: this

text: discipline

text: shapes

text: urban

text: planning

question: When was the lull in neoclassical architecture?

answer: roughly post-World War II until the mid-1980s

text: roughly post-World War II until the mid-1980s

question: What is the movement that caused resurgence of neoclassicism?

answer: New Urbanism

text: New Urbanism

question: Many post modern designs feature classic elements in what way?

answer: ironic

text: ironic

question: What recent architect began to take elements of classicism seriously?

answer: Thomas Gordon Smith

text: Thomas Gordon Smith


text: On April 17, Xinhua condemned what it called "biased coverage of the Lhasa riots and the Olympic torch relay by the U.S.-based Cable News Network (CNN)". The same day, the Chinese government called on CNN to "apologise" for having allegedly insulted the Chinese people, and for "attempting to incite the Chinese people against the government". CNN issued a statement on April 14, responded to China over 'thugs and goons' comment by Jack Cafferty.

title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

title: 2008_Summer_Olympics_torch_relay

text: On

text: April

text: Xinhua

text: condemned

text: what

text: it

text: called

text: biased

text: coverage

text: of

text: the

text: Lhasa

text: riots

text: and

text: the

text: Olympic

text: torch

text: relay

text: by

text: the

text: U.S

text: based

text: Cable

text: News

text: Network

text: CNN

text: The

text: same

text: day

text: the

text: Chinese

text: government

text: called

text: on

text: CNN

text: to

text: apologise

text: for

text: having

text: allegedly

text: insulted

text: the

text: Chinese

text: people

text: and

text: for

text: attempting

text: to

text: incite

text: the

text: Chinese

text: people

text: against

text: the

text: government

text: CNN

text: issued

text: a

text: statement

text: on

text: April

text: responded

text: to

text: China

text: over

text: thugs

text: and

text: goons

text: comment

text: by

text: Jack

text: Cafferty

question: Who did Xinhua accuse of biased reporting on April 17?

answer: CNN

text: CNN

question: Who was accused of bias on April 17 by Xinhua?

answer: CNN

text: CNN

question: Who wanted CNN to apologize for its insult to Chinese people?

answer: the Chinese government

text: the Chinese government


text: According to reciprocity, the efficiency of an antenna used as a receiving antenna is identical to the efficiency as defined above. The power that an antenna will deliver to a receiver (with a proper impedance match) is reduced by the same amount. In some receiving applications, the very inefficient antennas may have little impact on performance. At low frequencies, for example, atmospheric or man-made noise can mask antenna inefficiency. For example, CCIR Rep. 258-3 indicates man-made noise in a residential setting at 40 MHz is about 28 dB above the thermal noise floor. Consequently, an antenna with a 20 dB loss (due to inefficiency) would have little impact on system noise performance. The loss within the antenna will affect the intended signal and the noise/interference identically, leading to no reduction in signal to noise ratio (SNR).

title: Antenna_(radio)

title: Antenna_(radio

text: According

text: to

text: reciprocity

text: the

text: efficiency

text: of

text: an

text: antenna

text: used

text: as

text: a

text: receiving

text: antenna

text: is

text: identical

text: to

text: the

text: efficiency

text: as

text: defined

text: above

text: The

text: power

text: that

text: an

text: antenna

text: will

text: deliver

text: to

text: a

text: receiver

text: with

text: a

text: proper

text: impedance

text: match

text: is

text: reduced

text: by

text: the

text: same

text: amount

text: In

text: some

text: receiving

text: applications

text: the

text: very

text: inefficient

text: antennas

text: may

text: have

text: little

text: impact

text: on

text: performance

text: At

text: low

text: frequencies

text: for

text: example

text: atmospheric

text: or

text: man

text: made

text: noise

text: can

text: mask

text: antenna

text: inefficiency

text: For

text: example

text: CCIR

text: Rep.

text: indicates

text: man

text: made

text: noise

text: in

text: a

text: residential

text: setting

text: at

text: MHz

text: is

text: about

text: dB

text: above

text: the

text: thermal

text: noise

text: floor

text: Consequently

text: an

text: antenna

text: with

text: a

text: dB

text: loss

text: due

text: to

text: inefficiency

text: would

text: have

text: little

text: impact

text: on

text: system

text: noise

text: performance

text: The

text: loss

text: within

text: the

text: antenna

text: will

text: affect

text: the

text: intended

text: signal

text: and

text: the

text: noise

text: interference

text: identically

text: leading

text: to

text: no

text: reduction

text: in

text: signal

text: to

text: noise

text: ratio

text: SNR

question: What is the median level for measuring atmospheric noise?

answer: thermal noise floor

text: thermal noise floor

question: In what type of programs would low efficiency antennas not make a difference in effectiveness?

answer: receiving

text: receiving

question: At lesser frequencies what can account for incorrect assumptions about efficiency?

answer: man-made noise

text: man-made noise

question: What is SNR?

answer: signal to noise ratio

text: signal to noise ratio