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Raining- create an acrostic poem using this word. | Rinsing off the first from the streets
And cleaning the cars- nature's treat
Inside we watch movies and cuddle on the couch
Nap days are for the rain
Insects running from the droplets above
Next thing you know it all has stopped
Go outside and see the plants look their best- just what we needed, a day of rest |
Turn this comment into a step-by-step numbered to do list.
Yeah if i were you I think you should just embrace the specialty drone work. Get your FAA license, consider upgrading your drone, and start advertising yourself as a drone operator. Make a reel of your work, build up credits, let producers youve worked with before know youre looking for more work. | 1. Embrace the specialty of drone work.
2. Register for your FAA license.
3. Upgrade your drone.
4. Start advertising yourself as a drone operator.
5. Create a reel of your drone operating footage.
6. Earn and build up some credits.
7. Contact producers you've previously worked with for more work. |
I would like you to write a short dialogue between characters getting confused over directions and the words left and right. The characters' names should be George Wright and Mike Left. | Mike: We should take a left here, right?
George: So we take a right?
Mike: No, we take a left, Wright.
George: But Left, we already took a left, right?
Mike: I'm telling you to get to the Left house we have to take a left and not a right, Wright.
George: Right.
Mike: No, left!
George: Right, I get it!
Mike: Ugh! Maybe we should ask for directions.
George: Why would we need to do that? I have the right way.
Mike: Because the right way is left! I think.
Mike pulls a large map out, comically oversized and overfolded.
Mike: Alright. We turn right on Left Street, then we turn left on Right, Wright.
George: ...I think we should stop and ask for directions. |
Suggest some hikes I can do in Norway. I am not as fit as I used to be so make sure they are no more than 5 or 6 miles long and not too difficult. I am also only there for a few days, so I only need three options. | Sure! Here are three appropriate hikes for you in Norway.
1. Pulpit Rock - otherwise known as Preikestolen, this is a very popular hike in Norway. While it is at the upper end of how far you would like to walk, it is considered easy to moderate in difficulty and has really amazing views. It is also easy to get to from the town of Stavanger, making it easily accessible.
2. Svolvaer Fløya and Svolvaergeita - this hike provides a great adventure in a short walk, allowing you the opportunity to simply hike up to the top of Fløya for one of the best views across all the islands or combine it with a rock climb up Svolvaergeita (otherwise known as The Goat).
3. Ryten and Kvalvika Beach - this hike in the Lofoten Islands involves a slightly strenuous hike to the top of a mountain, but is overall classed as easy to moderate. While it may be a bit more challenging, you will be rewarded with great views not only of mountains and fjords but also of a white sandy beach. There is also a mini version of Trolltunga as part of the route, an area that is great for taking photos without the long hike to see the real thing. |
Write a speech as if it was for an Apple press release for a new neural implant product called the iThink. The tone should match the controlling corporate dominance of a cyberpunk dystopian setting and be somewhat satirical of Apple press releases. | Apple has always been the tip of the spear with new technology. Today we get to show the world once again the limitless possibilities of the human mind. With so much data and control at our fingertips with devices like the iPhone, Macbook, or even Apple Watch, we need to push the envelope to develop the future. What does the future look like? The future looks like this: the iThink.
The iThink is a neural implant that can do everything your smart devices do . . . and more. What's more, it does it without the need to carry or wear a device on you. You simply need to think, "Hey Siri, call Mom," to place a call. No more holding a phone to your head. The voice is transmitted directly into signals your brain can interpret completely bypassing any need for an ear.
Similarly, the iThink augments the way you see the world. Look at an item in a store window. The iThink will automatically search the web for comparisons and show you price matches in an augmented reality display. Do you need to get up in the middle of the night? The iThink will increase your vision in the dark allowing you to traverse your home without waking up the missus.
With the iThink replacing or augmenting most of your important sensory functions, who can afford to live the life of a lesser human? That is why we set the price for this at a mere $9,000 with the iThink+ at $19,000 and the iThink+ Pro at $50,000.
We're proud to be sponsoring the new evolution of the human race. Now, who will join Apple in this ascension? |
Provide a summary of this singular paragraph from an article on Batman. If possible, keep the summary to one single sentence.
Here is the paragraph:
Kane recognized three separate influences on the creation of Batman. The first was da Vinci’s model of a flying machine called the Ornithopter, created about 500 hundred years ago. The second was the movie The Mark of Zorro. “Zorro’s use of a mask to conceal his identity,” Kane writes, “gave me the idea of giving Batman a secret identity.” The third influence on Batman was a movie Kane saw the year before his attack by the Vultures: The Bat Whispers, an adaptation of a novel by Mary Roberts Rinehart. In the movie a detective tries to track down a mysterious killer, the Bat, and at the end of the film the detective is revealed to be the killer himself. His black robe and bat-shaped head made him look “very ominous” to Kane.
| The superhero Batman's design had 3 main influences; Da Vinci's model of a flying machine, the movie 'The Mark of Zorro', and a movie adaptation of the novel 'The Bat Whispers'. |
What is the moral of this story story about the crab and her son?
A CRAB said to her son, "Why do you walk so one-sided, my child? It is far more becoming to go straight forward." The young Crab replied: "Quite true, dear Mother; and if you will show me the straight way, I will promise to walk in it." The Mother tried in vain and submitted without remonstrance to the reproof of her child. | The moral of the story about the crab and her son is: Example is more powerful than precept. |
I've found a lost dog, but I can't read the identification on their collar. What should I do? | Here are some suggestions that may help with returning a lost dog. Make sure to look up local laws and regulations regarding lost animals before proceeding.
1. Contact the local relevant authorities: This is especially true if the dog is aggressive. You should not put yourself in harm's way to capture or restrain an aggressive animal. If there are specific guidelines in your area for the handling of lost or stray dogs, the relevant authorities, like animal control, should be able to inform you of them.
2. Leave the dog with an animal shelter: If you are unable to take care of the dog for an extended period of time, it may be best to leave it at an animal shelter. It is best to research what resources, facilities, and services are available and willing in your area to accept the dog before you drop off the dog.
3. Post on social media: Social media groups that are local to your area might be able to spread awareness of a lost dog, and thus help you return it to its owner. Note that it remains important to take care with posting personal or private information online.
4. Ask neighbors in the area: It may be logical to surmise that the dog's owner is not too far from where you found the dog. Introducing yourself and the situation politely to neighbors in the area could result in a quick resolution.
5. Put up a flyer or poster: If you are able to take care of the dog for an extended period of time, you could put up a flyer or poster alerting people to the dog. It is important to include a description of the dog as well as a photo in order to help the owner identify that it is indeed their dog.
6. Check with a vet: Perhaps the dog is microchipped; it may be useful to contact a vet who may help with identifying the owner if the dog has indeed been chipped.
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Please use the text below and extract the withdrawal symptoms from stopping citalopram (use lowercase words too).
Do not stop taking citalopram even when you feel better. With input from you, your health care provider will assess how long you will need to take the medicine.
Missing doses of citalopram may increase your risk for relapse in your symptoms.
Stopping citalopram abruptly may result in one or more of the following withdrawal symptoms: irritability, nausea, feeling dizzy, vomiting, nightmares, headache, and/or paresthesias (prickling, tingling sensation on the skin).
Depression is also a part of bipolar illness. People with bipolar disorder who take antidepressants may be at risk for "switching" from depression into mania. Symptoms of mania include "high" or irritable mood, very high self-esteem, decreased need for sleep, pressure to keep talking, racing thoughts, being easily distracted, frequently involved in activities with a large risk for bad consequences (for example, excessive buying sprees).
Medical attention should be sought if serotonin syndrome is suspected. Please refer to serious side effects for signs/symptoms. | *irritability
*nausea
*feeling dizzy
*vomiting
*nightmares
*headache
*paresthesias (prickling, tingling sensation on the skin)
*switching into mania
*serotonin syndrome. |
I want to create an amazing business card. Can you suggest to me some common mistakes you should avoid before creating business cards and explain how to avoid each? | Sure! A business card is your company’s identity. Here are some common mistakes you should avoid before creating business cards:
1. Outdated Information: Don't give off a bad impression by having information on your card that is no longer accurate. Order new cards if necessary.
2. Misprints and Typos: Grammatical errors and typos can make your business appear unprofessional. Always proofread your card before printing.
3. Image Quality: High-resolution images are essential for clear printing. Avoid pixelated or blurry images that can detract from your card's design.
4. Poor-Quality Card Stock: Selecting the appropriate card stock is critical. Using flimsy or low-quality paper can make your business appear cheap and unreliable.
5. Unreadable Text or Tiny Print: A well-designed card shouldn't compromise readability. Avoid using hard-to-read fonts or tiny prints that make it difficult for customers to read your contact details.
6. Focus on the Value: Your business card should communicate what problems you can solve and what value you provide to potential customers.
7. Lack of Branding: Building brand recognition is key to differentiating yourself from competitors. Make sure your card reflects your branding elements, such as your color scheme and logo design.
8. Visual Clutter: Avoid overwhelming your card with too many graphics, images, or text. Create enough white space to keep your designs clean and readable. |
I want to persuade my dad to let me have a puppy. I’m a straight-A student and I’m ready for a big responsibility like a dog how can I do this so he’ll let me adopt a puppy? I also do all my chores. A letter would be nice. | Hi Dad,
I hope you’re doing well today! I’m writing this letter to you today because something has been on my mind for a while. As you know, I take my responsibilities very seriously—I’m a proud straight-A student and remember to do all my chores. I believe that I am ready to take on a bigger responsibility: a puppy!
I’ve wanted a puppy for a long time. I know it takes a lot of commitment to properly care for a pet, and I’m ready to take on that responsibility. I’ve used my spare time to research what I need to know as a new puppy parent, such as grooming, exercising, feeding, and potty training! I believe I can give a happy home to a happy dog.
Aside from the obvious emotional benefits a puppy will bring to all of us, I think having a dog around would be a lot of fun! Even if we can’t get a puppy, I would still be happy and compromise for an older dog.
I think it would be a great idea to sit down as a family and discuss cost, time commitment, and more of what I can do to make any process we choose as easy as possible! |
Make a comma-separated list of all jobs or occupations mentioned in the following article that are affected by products containing toxic chemicals.
Here is the article to reference:
Consumer products released more than 5,000 tons of chemicals in 2020 inside California homes and workplaces that are known to cause cancer, adversely affect sexual function and fertility in adults or harm developing fetuses, according to our newly published study.
We found that many household products like shampoos, body lotions, cleaners and mothballs release toxic volatile organic compounds, or VOCs, into indoor air. In addition, we identified toxic VOCs that are prevalent in products heavily used by workers on the job, such as cleaning fluids, adhesives, paint removers and nail polish. However, gaps in laws that govern ingredient disclosure mean that neither consumers nor workers generally know what is in the products they use.
For this study we analyzed data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB), which tracks VOCs released from consumer products in an effort to reduce smog. The agency periodically surveys companies that sell products in California, collecting information on concentrations of VOCs used in everything from hair spray to windshield wiper fluid.
Analysis of the world, from experts
We cross-referenced the most recent data with a list of chemicals identified as carcinogens or reproductive/developmental toxicants under California’s right-to-know law, Proposition 65. This measure, enacted in 1986, requires businesses to notify Californians about significant exposure to chemicals that are known to cause cancer, birth defects or other reproductive harms.
We found 33 toxic VOCs present in consumer products. Over 100 consumer products covered by the CARB contain VOCs listed under Prop 65.
Of these, we identified 30 product types and 11 chemicals that we see as high priorities for either reformulation with safer alternatives or regulatory action because of the chemicals’ high toxicity and widespread use.
Why it matters
Our study identifies consumer products containing carcinogens and reproductive and developmental toxicants that are widely used at home and in the workplace. Consumers have limited information about these products’ ingredients.
We also found that people are likely co-exposed to many hazardous chemicals together as mixtures through use of many different products, which often contain many chemicals of health concern. For example, janitors might use a combination of general cleaners, degreasers, detergents and other maintenance products. This could expose them to more than 20 different Prop 65-listed VOCs.
Similarly, people experience aggregate exposures to the same chemical from multiple sources. Methanol, which is listed under Prop 65 for developmental toxicity, was found in 58 product categories. Diethanolamine, a chemical frequently used in products like shampoos that are creamy or foamy, appeared in 40 different product categories. Canada and the European Union prohibit its use in cosmetics because it can react with other ingredients to form chemicals that may cause cancer.
Some chemicals, such as N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and ethylene gylcol, are listed under Prop 65 because they are reproductive or developmental toxicants. Yet they appeared widely in goods such as personal care products, cleansers and art supplies that are routinely used by children or people who are pregnant.
Our findings could help state and federal agencies strengthen chemical regulations. We identified five chemicals – cumene, 1,3-dichloropropene, diethanolamine, ethylene oxide and styrene – as high-priority targets for risk evaluation and management under the Toxic Substances Control Act by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
A hotel housekeeper stands next to her cart, piled with towels and bottled cleaning supplies.
Many jobs, including custodian and hotel housekeeper, involve close-range exposure to multiple chemicals daily. Jeff Greenberg/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
What still isn’t known
Our analysis of the CARB data on volatile toxicants does not paint a complete picture. Many toxic chemicals, such as lead, PFAS and bisphenol A (BPA), don’t have to be reported to the Air Resources Board because they are not volatile, meaning that they don’t readily turn from liquid to gas at room temperature.
In addition, we were not able to identify specific products of concern because the agency aggregates data over whole categories of products.
What other research is being done
Studies have shown that women generally use more cosmetic, personal care and cleaning products than men, so they are likely to be more highly exposed to harmful chemicals in these categories. Further, women working in settings like nail salons may be exposed from products used both personally and professionally.
Research by members of our team has also shown that product use varies by race and ethnicity, partly due to racialized beauty standards. Policy interventions could be tailored to prioritize these potentially more-highly exposed groups.
Ultimately, a right-to-know law like Prop 65 can only go so far in addressing toxics in products. We’ve found in other research that some manufacturers do choose to reformulate their products to avoid Prop 65 chemicals, rather than having to warn customers about toxic ingredients.
But Prop 65 does not ban or restrict any chemicals, and there is no requirement for manufacturers to choose safer substitutes. We believe our new analysis points to the need for national action that ensures consumers and workers alike have safer products. | Janitors, custodians, hotel housekeepers, women working in nail salons. |
Give me a summary of the three little pigs. Make it exactly 100 words.
After the summary, give me two alternate ending options. | The three little pigs is a story about three pigs who build three different houses: one was built of straw, one of sticks, and the third of bricks. A wolf came along wanting to eat the pigs. At the first two houses, he blew them down and the two pigs ran to the third pig's house. The wolf tried to blow down the brick house but couldn't so he climbed the roof and went down the chimney, but the pigs had put a pot of boiling water under the chimney, and he was burned. The pigs live happily ever after.
Alternate ending 1: The hungry wolf starts to cry after he fails to blow down the last house. The pigs feel sorry for him and invite him in for their vegetarian dinner.
Alternate ending 2: The wolf looks down the chimney and sees the boiling water so he climbs off the roof, finds an open window on the way down, and eats all the pigs. |
What amount of calories is this person aiming to stay at?
I stopped drinking to start. Then tried to start eating more healthily, which was easier since I didn't drink any calories and lost a lot of the shitty food cravings that one tends to get when drunk.
I started weighing my food to track my calories, not making major changes the first couple of days, but then aiming to stay at 1200. I like to cook so I got creative making satisfying foods that were easier to control the calories. Like open faced sandwiches, spring rolls, tacos - easy to weigh ingredients when you can add them one by one like that. I'm pretty much eating normal food, not cutting out entire ingredients or categories (did that before with carbs, lost weight fast but not really sustainable for me).
Last few days I've been adding in a manageable amount of exercise. I tell myself I'll do 15 minutes on the stationary bike, and then anything after is "extra." Just trying to build habits and make healthier choices overall. | The person is aiming to stay at 1200 calories. |
I'm hosting a developer meetup and I'd like to open with a joke. Can you help me write 5 jokes related to programming or web development? | 1. Why are front-end developers such bad communicators? Because they don't know how to express themselves.
2. I want to tell you a joke about recursion, but first, I have to tell you a joke about recursion.
3. Why did the spider learn Javascript? Because he wanted to be a web developer.
4. My back-end developer friend didn't understand the joke I told him about front-end developers the other day. In fact, he didn't know how to react.
5. I started a business ironing newspapers, and it went bust in 1 week. Apparently, that's not what they meant when they told me WordPress is a lucrative skill. |
Can you explain what Old Ironside was? | Old Ironside was the name of the USS Constitution. It is the oldest commissioned warship that is still afloat. It is berthed in Boston and known as America's Ship of State. The ship was laid down in Boston on November 1 1794 and was one of the first Six 44-gun frigates that was authorized for use by the U.S. Navy. The launching of the ship occurred on September 20, 1797. However, it stalled on the way, eventually reaching the water on October 21, 1797. |
Pretend you’re ten years old, and you’re trying to explain what death (don’t use religion) is to your six-year-old brother. Less than 120 words. | Okay, I’ll explain what happened to Grandma, but you can’t tell Mom that I told you 'cause she’s going to want to explain it herself. Pinky promise? Okay.
Grandma died. That means that she’s not here anymore. I know you saw her body in the coffin, but that wasn’t actually her. It was just her body. She’s not in it anymore. I don’t know exactly where she is. All I know is that she’s not in that body. But Mom said that she can still see us wherever she is, and she definitely still loves us. |
Write from the perspective of an ant watching two dogs playing. One of the dogs is young and hyper, and the other dog is old and tired, but still tolerates the younger dog.
| The yellow giant rose on its two legs, and then--BOOM--came back down with a deafening crash that would have bounced the ant skyward, if not for the gripping nature of its delicate legs. Well, deafening was just a bit of an exaggeration, the ant learned, because it was nothing compared to the shrieking yelp the giant gave afterward. The other giant, a chocolate brown one, bared its teeth briefly. Then, it gave a huffing, defeated sigh through its nose, laying its head down on its massive, clawed feet. The puff of wind it sent pealed the ant's front legs off of the floor, making the tiny bug look like it was a bucking bronco with its antennae waving wildly from all the over-stimulation it was finding itself put through.
What are these things? The ant wondered. Food?
The minuscule bug found itself pulled forward as if on a string. Instinct was driving the tiny ant at this point, one foot in front of the other, then another in front of the next until it found itself basked in the shadows of the two creatures. The yellow one was too wild to approach, and the ant felt torn at the realization. On one hand, the ant was a warrior. It had been through many a battle before and survived, through bravery and tactical retreat. On the other hand, the ant knew that its job was also to be a scout, to find food for the rest of the kingdom. And, most importantly, the queen.
But if the other ants back home found out about these two massive threats, wouldn't they be disappointed? Disgusted? It was their job to protect the queen, the babies. The nest itself. Without thinking, the ant opened up its pinchers wide and sank them into the endless expanse of dark, rough texture on the bottom of the yellow dog's foot. This was merely to secure itself. The real attack was only beginning. Before the dog could react, the ant began driving its stinger into the scratchy surface of the giant's paw pad, sinking it in and out, pumping the flesh full of venom.
Then the giant lifted its paw, scraped it against the concrete, and the ant was snuffed out. Just like that. |
I have a small business and I want to start using social media to grow my customer base and online presence. Help me brainstorm some social media platforms, other than Facebook, that are good for businesses to be on. | I can gladly provide you with some ideas besides Facebook. Here is a list of some social media sites you may want to explore:
1. YouTube - If your business uses video marketing, then this is a great option to showcase that video content and also connect with current and potential customers. People like to see products being used, tutorials and news that is relevant to your business's niche, and highlights of happy customers. Updates on the business growth, new launches, and upcoming meet-and-greet opportunities might also be included.
2. WhatsApp - Staying in communication with customers is a big part of a business's success and this platform is built for communication. People turn to this social media app for things like providing fast customer support, pushing out shipping updates, and even letting people know about sales and specials.
3. Instagram - The popularity of this social media platform originally came due to amazing photo filters, which remain a key part of the site. If your business creates a product or performs a visually stunning service, you might just find that Instagram is the perfect place to showcase these images for the world to see.
4. Twitter - Considered a microblogging site, this platform is largely popular for people who want to share or receive news and other real-time information. If your business is focused on trends in the financial, news, entertainment, or sports world, it may be a great fit. Alternatively, Twitter can be a resource to help your business with market research projects and insights.
5. LinkedIn - When it comes to connecting with other businesses and members of the business community, this platform is generally preferred above all the rest. Use it for recruiting employees, connecting with potential partners, researching vendors, or networking with other professionals and business owners. It can also be a valuable resource for understanding how to develop strong business branding.
6. Pinterest - People and businesses alike love this site because it is a place to be inspired and provides a way to organize things they find around the web into convenient boards where they can accumulate ideas and information. Pinterest is pretty image heavy, but it also includes videos and GIFs, and is a great platform for a business that wants to showcase its products, services, or anything innovative and interesting.
7. TikTok - If short, catchy videos are something that your business creates well, this platform might be a good fit. It has gained major popularity with companies that want to target a younger audience of customers, as well as those who love to showcase their products creatively and in new ways. |
I want a hyphenated list of 16 positive adjectives that begin with the letter M. | - Magnificent
- Majestic
- Marvelous
- Mature
- Meaningful
- Mellow
- Memorable
- Merry
- Meticulous
- Mighty
- Mindful
- Miraculous
- Modest
- Momentous
- Moral
- Motivating |
Help me write a Pinterest post announcing a blog article about the best plants to grow in sandy soil. Use an upbeat, positive tone and don't write in the first person. Also, please don't include any hashtags and don't use the words "easy," "simple," or "straightforward." Keep it around 500 characters long. | Are you tired of struggling to find plants that can thrive in your garden's sandy soil? Discover some of the best plants for these growing conditions, so you can enjoy a diverse and sustainable garden that won't need much extra maintenance. You'll also find expert tips on caring for plants in sandy soil types and how to improve your garden's soil quality. Regardless of your level of gardening experience, you can create a beautiful and thriving garden that you'll be proud of, even in sandy soil. |
Tell me a story about if Gordon Ramsey was hired to be a flight attendant. | United Airlines decided it might help business if they hired celebrity flight attendants. Their first celebrity hired was chef Gordon Ramsey.
Gordon was quiet and polite during his flight attendant training, and he paid close attention to all guidance provided. Soon, he was ready to begin his new position and was assigned to United Flight 15, from Jackson, Mississippi to Los Angeles, California.
Nattily dressed in his crisply-starched United Airlines uniform, Gordon stood at his assigned station at the plane's entrance and greeted each passenger as they boarded.
“You! Slow-poke! Speed it up, we have 200 passengers behind you and we don’t have all day for this!” he said to an elderly woman.
A woman with a baby was advised, “Keep that kid quiet on my flight! Nobody wants to hear a baby screeching at 12,000 feet!”
“Is that supposed to be an emotional support dog?” he demanded of a bald, emaciated young man. “He’s so mangey, you’re his emotional support human! Sit down!”
The next passenger was Gordon’s doppleganger. They had not yet met, but the man was on his way to L.A. to be Gordon’s double in an upcoming action movie. Gordon slowly looked him up and down, then nodded and didn’t say a word.
Finally, every seat on the plane was full, and Gordon's duties were complete. He went to the galley and strapped himself into a seat for the remainder of the flight.
Comment cards and pencils were handed out to all passengers for feedback on the new celebrity flight attendant program, and the seasoned flight attendants were shocked:
"I need to get that hip replaced soon!"
“Best flight ever! I do need to lose some weight!”
"I hate screaming babies on planes, too!"
“He’s right, I should probably get my emotional support dog to the vet.”
“Gordon is a fine-looking man and anyone would be lucky to play his double in a movie.”
Gordon was a unanimous success, and United Airlines is now rolling out this program throughout the fleet. Celebrity flight attendants will include Simon Cowell, Judy Tenuta, and Roseanne Barr. Book your flight today! |
Make me a list of the top five movies to watch from the 90s. I like action movies. No cartoons. | Here is your list of five action movies from the 90s.
*Total Recall (1990). This stars Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold goes to the recall clinic and ends up unlocking repressed memories of his life as a secret agent. This leads to conflict with a secret organization.
*Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991). The sequel to the first Terminator features Linda Hamilton as Sarah Conner fifteen years after the events of the first movie. This time Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator has been sent as the hero to save Conner's son from the T-1000.
*Speed (1994). This fast-paced movie stars Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock on a bus that cannot go below fifty miles per hour or it will explode.
*The Crow (1994). The dark tale of a hero who comes back from the dead to exact revenge on the men who murdered his wife.
*Independence Day (1996). An alien species invades the Earth, and their advanced technology proves to be too much for Earth's defenses. A final showdown on July 4th will determine the fate of humanity. |
What are fingernails and toenails made of? | Fingernails and toenails are made of a hardened protein called keratin. This protein is found in our skin and hair. It is also the same stuff that makes claws, hooves, and horns in animals!
Our nails are tough plates of hardened cells that, while dead, are constantly growing. The formation of a nail begins at the nail root, a part of your fingertip that lies under your skin. Here the cells that form the nail plate gradually die, harden, and push out from under the skin. |
Write a short story about a man who is in a five-year-long coma and experiences vivid dreams. | There once was a man who was struck by a train. He managed to survive but was in a coma and would not respond to anyone or anything. His wife, parents, and children stayed at his bedside for many months hoping he would suddenly wake up, but with no guarantees and no time limit to how long a coma can last, it was anyone's guess when (or if) he would wake up. As time went by, the man's wife, parents, and children began to come to the hospital less frequently, until after one year they stopped visiting altogether.
Then one day, five years later, the man woke up to the surprise of the hospital's nurses and doctors. It was a miracle that the man woke up, especially after such a long period of being in a coma, that they looked upon him as if he had risen from the dead. One of the nurses decided to call the man's family to inform them of the news. The man's wife, parents, and children rushed to the hospital upon hearing the news and smiled and cried tears of joy at the man's recovery.
When they finally settled their emotions, they asked the man one of the most pressing questions anyone who had never been in a coma would ask: What was it like being in a coma?
The man contemplated this for several seconds despite already knowing the answer to the question; he wanted to ensure he was able to fully explain what the experience was like being in a coma. "I had...dreams...very, very vivid dreams," he said, his voice cracking. As the tears started to stream down his face, he recalled the nature of his dreams.
"The last thing I remember is being in the train tunnel before being hit by the train. I saw a light at the end of the train tunnel, and it became really bright and struck me like a ton of bricks in the face. Then the light began to fade and recede back toward the end of the tunnel. I kept trying to run toward the light, but my legs couldn't move fast enough to reach it. Then, I woke up. But it felt like I had been running for about five full minutes. I felt sad that I couldn't reach the light," he cried. |
Rewrite the table of contents as a blurb.
Chapter 1: In the Presence of Danger
Chapter 2: The Technology of Intuition
Chapter 3: The Academy of Prediction
Chapter 4: Survival Signals
Chapter 5: Imperfect Strangers
Chapter 6: High-Stakes Predictions
Chapter 7: Promises to Kill (Understanding threats)
Chapter 8: Persistence, Persistence (Dealing with people who refuse to let go).
Chapter 9: Occupational Hazards (Violence in the workplace).
Chapter 10: Intimate Enemies (Domestic violence)
Chapter 11: "I Was Trying to Let Him Down Easy" (Date-stalking)
Chapter 12: Fear of Children (Violent children).
Chapter 13: Better to Be Wanted by the Police Than Not to Be Wanted at All (Attacks against public figures).
Chapter 14: Extreme Hazards | Explore the harrowing world of danger and intuition in this compelling journey. Learn about the skill of prediction and gain an understanding of survival signals. Navigate topics of interpersonal interactions like workplace violence, domestic disputes, and date-stalking. Get insights into violent children and attacks on public figures before learning strategies to overcome extreme hazards. This eye-opening read will empower you to recognize and respond to threats in everyday life. |
May you write me an example of the use of state in React Native? | Below is an example of the use of State in React Native through the use of the useState hook. One useState holds just a name while the other holds an age and name. Both change upon the press of a button.
import React, { useState } from 'react';
import { StyleSheet, Text, View, Button } from 'react-native';
export default function App() {
const [name, setName] = useState('shaun');
const [person, setPerson] = useState({ name: 'mario', age: 40 });
const clickHandler = () => {
setName('chun-li');
setPerson({ name: 'luigi', age: 45 });
};
return (
<View style={styles.container}>
<Text>My name is {name}</Text>
<Text>His name is {person.name} and his age is {person.age}</Text>
<View style={styles.buttonContainer}>
<Button title='update state' onPress={clickHandler} />
</View>
</View>
);
}
const styles = StyleSheet.create({
container: {
flex: 1,
backgroundColor: '#fff',
alignItems: 'center',
justifyContent: 'center',
},
buttonContainer: {
marginTop: 20,
}
}); |
Write a statement to the police from the casual acquaintance and neighbor of a paranormal investigator. The investigator, named Audrey Lipsky, has recently gone missing. | Well, I wouldn't say I knew Audrey, really. I said hello to her after I moved in about seven months ago. I was saying hi to everyone on the block. Just being neighborly.
She seemed really surprised to find me at her door. She was pretty suspicious of my motives too, even with my gift basket in my hand. No, I don't think she was fearing for her life. Well, I don't know, really, but it didn't strike me as due to someone being after her. She just seemed really suspicious of other people and high-strung in general.
I didn't go any farther into her place than the parlor, but I did spot a lot of kooky stuff laying around. What I guess people would call supernatural or occult artifacts. The kind of stuff you'd find at, like, Ripley's Believe It Or Not. I asked if she was a fortune teller or something, and she looked at me like I was crazy. She was a paranormal investigator, is what she said.
No, I don't really know anything about her work. She didn't talk about that stuff. I want to point out that I didn't really talk to her much at all. I just tried to be neighborly, just as I did with anyone else who lived on this street. So I'd drag in her trash bins if she forgot to and left them out, that kind of thing.
We were friendly, but I'm not sure if we were friends. I'm not sure she had any friends, to tell you the truth. I never saw her get any other visitors.
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Is the emotion expressed in this tweet anger, amusement, or disappointment?
Tweet: I cannot believe they lost again! *facepalm* | disappointment |
List 5 tourist countries that are Muslim-friendly. You don't need to explain why each country qualifies. | Here is a list of countries that are Muslim-friendly:
1. Turkey
2. Maldives
3. Malaysia
4. Singapore
5. Indonesia
They are in no particular order. |
What types of creatures live in the sea? | There are many types of creatures that live in the sea; in fact, over 20,000 marine species have been discovered. These include plants, animals, and other organisms and microorganisms. In fact, almost all of the earliest life forms initially lived in marine habitats. Examples of oceanic life include fish, crustaceans, echinoderms, mollusks, dolphins, and whales. |
Write an email explaining why it could be bad to drink caffeine and how to cope with losing it. | Hey Zac, I heard you were struggling to keep your head up at the seminar today. I also saw that big can of Red Mouse on your desk. Have you considered quitting caffeine?
I know it's normal to drink it, but oddly enough it could be causing your sleepiness. See, caffeine found in coffee, energy drinks, and even tea acts as a central nervous system stimulant. That makes you feel more awake, but when you tunnel down into what's really happening, it's kind of scary. It boosts stress hormones like cortisol and adrenaline that you'd get from entering a fight-or-flight state. I know sometimes we all get passionate about fighting for the protection of beaver dams but getting worked up could make it harder to have a fiery speech when it comes time to pitch the group's values.
It's just dulling your ability to feel tired, so that's what leads to crashing. You're still tired, you just don't realize it.
Remember, you talk about side effects all the time! That was your argument that saved the Big Stick Highway in Vermont! If you think about it, caffeine can make you nervous and it can make it harder to sleep. Plus, it can dehydrate you which is rough especially when we do summer protests.
If you want to switch, I recommend gradually tapering off to avoid headaches. I think you'll find you won't need it as much as you thought. Just focus on getting a good night's sleep because we need you in tip-top shape if we're going to save The Great Twig Bowl of Nantucket! |
Write a short story. 300 words or fewer. Post-apocalyptic science fiction. Nina, after traveling on foot along Highway 447 in northern Nevada has reached Dodge Flats in northern Nevada. A small but partially functioning solar farm. Electricity in the main office building still works and Nina sets up camp there to ride out the winter before she resumes her mission to California to find other survivors. | Exhausted, Nina pushed on. Highway 447 had faded to gray, its painted markings worn away by dust and wind years ago. The land framing the road was brown with scrubby vegetation for as far as she could see, except—Nina squinted. Something huge and black in the distance marred the landscape. It had to be a solar farm. Finally. It wasn’t California, but she thought she might be just days from Reno. She had a sudden urge to go see the bright lights and magical casinos. Maybe she would, later. First, she needed a place to rest, and that solar farm might still be operating.
Dodge Flats, the sign said. It proclaimed itself a proud member of the SEA. Solar Energy Association, the pre-eminent power mega industry before everything died. She surveyed the area. Nina’s eyes fell upon the main office building, a squat, sturdy structure, functional and without beauty. Behind it lay rows and rows of enormous black solar panels. A surge of excitement coursed through her veins as she realized the potential it held. She made her way towards the building, cautious yet eager. With any luck, the power lines would still be intact.
Inside, she found a dim room empty except for several desks with computer terminals, all covered with a fine layer of dust. Holding her breath, Nina looked to her right and ever so gently flipped the switch she found there. A series of overhead lights snapped on, flickering but spilling precious light over the room. Nina could not contain her excitement, and she screamed an animal cry of triumph. Here, she would set up her base, prepare for the coming winter, and when it passed, renew her search for other survivors. |
Write a short piece about the history of who has controlled Bali. I run a travel Instagram account and like to share parts of the history of the places I visit. Keep it under 200 words. | Bali was originally visited by Chinese and Indian traders and had accepted Hinduism by the 7th century CE. Balinese King Udayana married the mother of the King of Java and many Javanese Hindus moved to Bali during the 11th century CE. In 1284 the last king of Tumapel in Java captured Bali, but Bali regained its independence after he died in 1292. Next, Bali came under the rule of the Majapahit Empire of eastern Java in 1343 and continued to be controlled by that empire until 1478. Dutch settlers first landed in Bali in 1597. The Dutch annexed some northern Balinese states in 1882 and continued to aggressively invade (they even killed the Balinese prince in 1894) until 1906 when they massacred over 3,600 locals while capturing the entire island. In 1946 Indonesian revolutionary forces fought against Dutch troops. Bali officially became part of the Republic of Indonesia in 1950. |
What countries make up the Dutch Antilles in the Caribbean? | Three countries make up the Dutch Antilles. Those countries are Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten. In some cases, The Netherlands is also considered a fourth constituent country. |
Make a list of 5 commonly used Smart Home products with a brief description about each. Keep the word count under 250 words. Make this an informative list that would help a consumer decide about buying one of these products. Include a 3 to 4 sentence long opening paragraph. | Many homeowners and business owners are installing Smart Home products. For homeowners and business owners alike, these products offer the ability to place much-needed controls in important areas. They also save you money, if installed and used correctly. So what are the 5 most common Smart Home Products on the market today? Here are some popular items:
• Nest - This company has a whole line of products like the Nest Learning Thermostat, which controls the temperature in every room. They also make smoke and carbon monoxide detectors, along with indoor and outdoor security cameras.
• Lutron - This company is well known for its dimmer switches. Their new line is wireless and provides better control over the lighting in any space.
• Google & Amazon - They have a whole range of Smart Home Speakers, including a mini-speaker. Due to its popularity, this technology is developing quickly.
• Ring - This company produces Smart Doorbells and entry cameras. The internet has been flooded with photos of the Ring catching porch pirates stealing packages.
• iRobot - The Roomba began as a novelty product, but has now been accepted as a viable home cleaning device that works well. It has a full suite of sensors that can tell when it has hit a wall, a pet, a chair, a person, etc. It can also tell when it’s about to go over the stairs, preventing possible damage to the device.
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Please write a nice story for kids on the plot that I’m giving you here: The claim is made by the hyena that its laugh is the most distinct sound of all and challenges the lion's rule as the king of African Savannah. In response, the lion proposes a contest of roaring power and volume, and the lion emerges victorious, displaying that his voice can be heard across the grassy plains, and he remains ever-present for his fellow animals. Acknowledging the lion's demonstrated strength, the hyena concedes and recognizes the lion as the just ruler of the African Savannah. The story should be around 300 words long and interesting. | In the African Savannah, all the animals knew the lion was their king. He was an incredible hunter, and his mane made him look fierce and majestic. The hyena, however, didn’t think the lion deserved to be their king. So, he went to the lion one day to find out what made him so special.
The hyena asked, “Lion, why do all the animals consider you their king?”
The lion considered his question for a moment and then said, “Because of my roar. It is unlike that of any other animal.”
The hyena seemed unconvinced. “Many animals make amazing sounds, like the trumpet of the elephant or the snort of the wildebeest. In fact, I have the most unique sound of all!”
“Then let’s have a competition,” the lion suggested. “If your call is better, you can be king.”
The hyena wants to be crowned the king of the Savannah. That’s why he quickly breaks out a laugh. It’s certainly one of the most unique sounds in the Serengeti! The lion listened patiently. But after he was done, he let out a roar so loud it shook the ground and shocked all the other animals far away.
The hyena was too stunned to speak, so the lion said, “I am the king because my roar can be heard all across the plains. A king is one whose voice must reach all of his subjects, so they know he is always there for them.”
The hyena bowed to the lion, humbled, and from that day on he accepted and respected the lion as the king of the African Savannah. |
I know this is weird, but I HATE cheese. I can have cheese in Mac N Cheese or pizza, but that's it. Yet, everyone is putting cheese in everything! Please list some other ingredients to use instead of cheese that still keep the cheese creaminess that's needed in a lot of recipes. | Not everyone likes cheese and that's okay. Luckily, there are plenty of cheese substitutes you can use in your recipes instead. Here are some examples:
1. Sweet potato sauce
2. Vegan pesto
3. Hummus
4. Tofu (silken or firm)
5: Tahini spread
6. Cashew cheese
7. Nutritional yeast (added to the other options to give a cheesy flavor)
9. Mayo
10: Unflavored yogurt |
I need to write a letter to my ex, telling him that the kids will be here at my house this summer from June 25 to July 31st, that they have plans with their friends, that we can talk about whatever may be involved, and that I appreciate his support. His name is Boris, my name is Lainey, I need to be confident, not too authoritative, and just a little friendly. Keep the email as short as possible, without seeming curt. | Dear Boris,
How are you? The kids tell me that they have plans with their friends this summer, which is why they would like to be at my house from June 25 to July 31. I'm fine with that; please let me know if there are any issues with this; I'm confident we can work them out. I appreciate your support.
Talk to you soon,
Lainey |
Can I have a bash script to create a new directory, navigate into it, and open a new text file for taking notes with the current date as its name? | Of course. Here's a Bash script that will set up a text file for taking notes:
FILENAME=$(date +%Y-%m-%d).txt
mkdir -p ~/notes/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
cd ~/notes/$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
touch $FILENAME
open $FILENAME |
I’m looking for a haiku about drones, the tech kind, not bees. Give me 2 or 3 to choose from. | Buzzing overhead
Sneaky metal and plastic
Stealing privacy
Circling above
Always learning secret things
Emotionless birds |
Answer this essay question about Dracula: How is the way that women (Mina and Lucy) are portrayed in the story typical of Bram Stoker's methods and concerns paying special attention to the graveyard scene and the fear of the unknown. | In the story Dracula by Bram Stoker, women are continuously infantilized and underestimated. When analyzing the story from the critical perspective of feminism, there is a clear discrepancy in how the woman and men are described and the roles they play within the story. Women are debased to their looks and manner, only being truly valued when they appeal to the needs and wants of the men around them. This is consistent with one of Stoker’s common concerns which is gender roles. He used this theme in several ways throughout the text, but it can be seen distinctly in the graveyard scene. Stoker uses a theme of the fear of the unknown to achieve a separation between the men and the women within the churchyard scene. By instructing Mina to stay behind, the characters physically separate themselves from the women in the story. Additionally, the fact that Lucy is a supernatural being rather than a human within that scene contributes to the idea that women are separate and lesser than whilst also being a compelling gothic convention. It is an obvious portrayal of dehumanization. This is also achieved through how they are speaking about Lucy in the tomb. It becomes clear that the value of the women in the story is confined to their usefulness and appeal to the men around them. They talk of how killing her will result in the return of her beauty and how she will revert back to Arthur’s Lucy and be at rest. This scene is poignant as it is a group of men deciding the fate of a woman based on the idea that she has strayed away from their ideal. Whilst this is understandable under the circumstances, within the scope of Stoker's concerns it adopts a larger significance and comes to represent the idea that women should be predictable and ownable. Uncontrolled women are a danger to the society that they exist within. So in a way, the obstruction of agency that the male characters inflict upon Lucy and Mina is representative of a larger fear of the unknown. |
May you explain to me how exec() works in Javascript? | The exec() method tests for a match in a string. If it finds a match, it returns a result array; otherwise, it returns null. For example...
const regex1 = RegExp('foot*', 'g');
const str1 = 'piano football, foosball';
let array1;
while ((array1 = regex1.exec(str1)) !== null) {
console.log(`Located ${array1[0]}. Proceeds from ${regex1.lastIndex}.`);
// Expected output: "Located foot. Proceeds from 10."
} |
Rewrite this fable but with a modern setting.
THE ASS, THE LION, AND THE COCK.
An Ass and a Cock were in a shed. A hungry Lion caught sight of the Ass, and was on the point of entering the shed to devour him. But he took fright at the sound of the Cock crowing (for people say that Lions are afraid at the voice of a Cock), and turned away and ran. The Ass, roused to a lofty contempt of him for being afraid of a Cock, went out to pursue him; but when they were some distance away the Lion ate him up. | THE HIKER, THE BEAR, AND THE BEAR SPRAY.
A hiker walked into a thick forest with a backpack and met a hungry grizzly bear . The bear was in an ambush position and was ready to pounce. But the moment before its claws landed it caught sight of a can of bear spray hanging off the backpack. The bear was immediately reminded of the painful lesson it learned before and did a 180-degree turn in front of the hiker. The hiker, amused by the fleeting bear, dropped the backpack and started a pursuit. No longer having to worry about the bear spray, the hungry bear turned around and ate the hiker. |
Write a free verse poem about praying. Write in all lowercase. | on my knees i go
to pray for better days
against the evil and loss
in my car i pray
for safe travels for all
marvel in the beauty of the world
at my desk i pray
for a great work day
to help those in need
on my porch i pray
for peace in this world
from sunset to sunrise |
Write the recipe from the viewpoint of a student who used the student recipe and enjoyed the foods prepared.
1. Fajitas
Whether feeding friends or whipping up a midweek main, you can't go wrong with fajitas. Add and swap ingredients to accommodate taste and budget.
Simple staple
Slice, chop and serve – rolling your own fajitas is a fun and fast way to get dinner on the table:
Roll-your-own fajitas
Easy chicken fajitas
Make it more interesting
With a little effort you can elevate the fail-safe fajita to a Mexican masterpiece using cheap pork cuts, homemade mole sauce and a side of chunky salsa:
Pulled pork with Mexican almond mole sauce
2. Pasta bake
A classic student dish, pasta bake doesn't have to be the cheese-laden vision we imagine on hearing the words. Let storecupboard staples like pasta and tinned tomatoes be your base, then get creative with your favourite veg, herbs and reduced-fat crème fraîche for a lovely texture with less of the stodge.
Simple staple
Full of the good stuff, this bake will be ready in a flash and is healthy to boot. Share with friends or freeze leftovers for easy midweek meals:
Gnocchi & tomato bake
Make it more interesting
A make-ahead lasagne dish designed for entertaining, but won't cost a fortune – perfect Friday food for friends:
Chicken, squash & pesto lasagne
3. Pasta on the hob
If you are short on time or simply too ravenous to wait out a pasta bake, our speedy hob spaghetti dishes will be your supper salvation.
Simple staple
This comforting, budget-friendly tagliatelle and sausage dish takes just five minutes to prepare and can be on the table in 20 minutes:
Sausage stroganoff.
| 1. Fajitas
I prepared this when my friends from school came to visit midweek.
I sliced, chopped and served the fajitas myself, I came to the realization that rolling my fajitas was a fast and fun way to get dinner on the table.
The process of preparing the chicken fajitas was super easy and interesting.
To make the fajitas more interesting, I elevated them to a Mexican masterpiece using cheap pork cuts, homemade mole sauce and a side of chunky salsa. I've never tasted something that sweet all my life!
2. Pasta bake
I used storecupboard staples like pasta and tinned tomatoes as my base, then got creative with your favorite vegetables, herbs and reduced-fat crème fraîche for a lovely texture with less of the stodge.
Simple staple
One thing I liked about this was that the bake was ready in a flash and is healthy to boot. I later froze the leftovers for an easy midweek meal.
Make it more interesting
A make-ahead lasagne dish designed for entertaining, but won't cost a fortune – perfect Friday food for friends:
On Friday I also had friends over and made a chicken, squash & pesto lasagne. We really loved it.
3. Pasta on the hob
I prepared this when I was running late for my afternoon class and it was extremely efficient for me.
Simple staple
One thing I like about this is its supper efficiency and budget-friendly prices of the ingredients. In addition to this, it is a mouth-watering dish.
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I want to write a book. I want the overall theme to be supernatural, so please give me seven plot ideas. Give me one sentence for each, and each sentence must be less than 10 words - no additional explanation needed. | Here are seven plot ideas for your supernatural-themed book:
1. A wizard stumbles upon a candle that gives life.
2. A ghost is trying to reach the afterlife.
3. An alien race is puzzled by giraffes on Earth.
4. A young boy discovers he can read minds.
5. Evil spirits have possessed a farmer's animals.
6. A family of fairies is discovered in Iceland.
7. Bigfoot decides to introduce himself to the world. |
Please pretend to be a superfan and compose a rhyming poem praising Celestial Seasonings brand tea. Write four stanzas. | Celestial Seasonings makes great tea,
Their products are really nice!
They sustainably source their tea leaves,
Their herbs, botanicals, and spice.
Their artwork is inspirational,
And each box contains wise words.
I know the ingredients are so pure
I feed the tea to my pet birds!
Birthed in the Rocky Mountains
By Mo Siegel in 1969,
They serve billions of cups of tea each year
Every drop tastes more than fine!
I love Celestial Seasonings teas,
They're the only things I'll ever drink.
Red Zinger, Peppermint, and Peach Passion,
And Sleepytime when I need a few winks. |
Write a poem about coffee. | Fuel for the body
Fuel for the soul
Coffee beans are the best
They make us dance
Work is better with it
You feel off without it
Coffee grounds for the win
The adult beverage of choice |
What is the tone of this news clipping? Why is that the tone?
This dream is the best she's ever known.
After announcing her pregnancy earlier this year, Jessie J has revealed she has welcomed a baby boy with boyfriend Chanan Safir Colman.
"A week ago my whole life changed," she shared on Instagram Story May 19. "My son entered this world and my heart grew twice the size. The feeling is indescribable. I am flying in love."
"He is magic," she added. "He is all my dreams come true. He is my whole [world]."
Jessie noted that she and her bundle of joy are doing great. "I am soaking up every second and still can't believe he is real, mine and here *happy tears*," she continued. "For all of you that have followed my journey to this moment, thank you for all your continued love and support."
The "Domino" singer's newest addition to her family comes after she kicked off 2023 with some priceless news to share. | The tone is celebratory. This is the tone because it is rejoicing in the birth of a new baby boy that the mother was excited to have. |
Rewrite this as a bulleted list of Mecury's distance to each planet in miles
In addition, the distance between Jupiter and Mercury is about 4.82 AU which is approximately 720,420,000 kilometers and 447,648,234 miles. Furthermore, the distance from Saturn to Mercury is 9.14 AU which is about 1,366,690,000 kilometers or about 849,221,795 miles.
Similarly, Mercury’s distance from Uranus is 18.82 AU. That is about 2,815,640,000 km or 1,749,638,696 miles. Finally, the distance between Mercury and Neptune is 29.70 AU. That’s around 4,392,800,000 kilometers or 2,729,685,920 miles. | •Mercury to Jupiter: About 447,648,234 miles
•Mercury to Saturn: About 849,221,795 miles
•Mercury to Uranus: About 1,749,638,696 miles
•Mercury to Neptune: About 2,729,685,920 miles |
I want you to write a paragraph as if you’re working at an ice cream shop (called CrazyCreams) that specializes in crazy flavors and is welcoming people into the store. It should only be <50 words, and make sure you name some flavors. | Welcome to CrazyCreams!
Get excited because we are not just a regular ice cream shop. We are a CRAAAAZZY ice cream shop! These flavors are not like any you’ve had before. You can try the Blueberry & Beer, Sweet Guacamole, Oregano & Basil, and Spicy Lemon right now! |
Please write an email to a coworker named Peggy requesting for her to turn down her music while working. This should be a formal email from Barry to Peggy and should consist of four to five sentences. Be positive, not angry or vengeful. Write in the first person. | Hello Peggy,
I hope you are having a good day. I wanted to reach out to ask if you could turn your music down just a little bit. I love music, however, it makes it difficult for me to focus on my work tasks. Please, can you turn it down just a little bit?
Thank you,
Barry |
I am so sluggish and slow in the mornings – ugh! What are six ways that I can rev my brain and be more “awake” in the am? | Not everyone is an early bird, but many night owls still have AM responsibilities. Here are six ways to rev up your brain to feel more alert and attentive in the mornings when it’s hard to get out of bed!
1. Take a cold shower with revitalizing scents to jolt your nervous system!
Most people don’t want to get out of the warm embrace of their blankets, so a cold shower may take time to work up to. The cold water is an immediate wake-up call to your nervous system, but a lukewarm shower with revitalizing scents in shampoo and body wash can be just as effective. The best scents for alertness are spicy or have citrus notes, such as orange, cinnamon, rosemary, and peppermint.
2. Avoid the allure of sugary cereals and other sweet breakfast foods.
While it may be tempting to grab a doughnut and a Frappuccino on the way to work, resist the urge. Sweet breakfasts will increase your blood sugar, which can make you feel alert for a few hours before a hard crash of fatigue in the afternoon.
Stick to a hearty, healthy breakfast with protein and heart-healthy fats instead. Eggs and bacon are a classic, but you could also blend a smoothie, have a slice of avocado toast, or opt for rolled oats with berries and a glass of whole milk.
3. Drink a glass of ice-cold water before your morning cup of coffee.
Many people can’t wait to have their cup of coffee in the mornings but steer clear until you’ve awakened your mind and body with a cold glass of water. Dehydration is a common cause of fatigue, so a glass of cold water will refresh your nervous system to get you moving in the AM.
4. Listen to something upbeat, like a comedic, engaging podcast or your favorite “get up and go” music.
Putting yourself in a good “go-getter” mood will help you awaken your senses in the mornings. Upbeat music or laughter are both great ways to help you feel more alert and prepped to take on the day.
5. Stretch and work out fatigue with a quick walk outdoors.
Not only will a good stretch and regular exercise help you sleep better, but a quick stroll outdoors in the morning is a change of scenery that tells your body and mind that it’s time to wake up for the day. Slow stretches work out kinks that accumulate in muscles while asleep.
6. Allow natural sunlight to permeate your surroundings in the mornings.
This one may make you groan with dread, but sunshine suppresses melatonin production within your body. Melatonin is the chemical that makes you sleepy, and that’s encouraged in dark environments. Standing in sunlight for a few minutes after you wake up tells your mind and body that the day is getting started.
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Write a short story (< 3 paragraphs) about a dog named Juliette and her best dog friend, Charlie. Make it a comedy with a bit of tragedy folded in. | Once upon a time, there were two dogs, by the name of Juliette and Charlie. They were best friends. Charlie was a miniature pinscher, and Juliette was a mixed chihuahua. Charlie had been abandoned as a puppy, and a loving woman found him on a street corner, where she took him in, cleaned him up, and brought him into an animal shelter. Juliette was a stray dog, and had a rough life her first year, but also was found by a kind stranger and taken to an animal shelter.
Juliette and Charlie found their way to a loving foster home and soon became best friends. Juliette taught Charlie how to behave properly, and Charlie, in turn, taught Juliette how to play and stick out her tongue. Charlie was a good dog but often enjoyed sliding along the floor and licking everything in sight, including his new owner, and Juliette. Juliette enjoyed rolling around and pretending to be a small racing car, practicing drifting on the carpet. Everyone lived happily ever after. |
How much of Pakistan is land? How much is water?
Pakistan Geography
Geographic Location Asia
Total Area 307,372 Square Miles
796,095 Square Kilometers
Land Area 297,635 Square Miles
770,875 Square Kilometers
Water Area 9,737 Square Miles
25,220 Square Kilometers | Pakistan is made up of 297,635 square miles (770,875 square kilometers) of land and 9,737 square miles (25,220 square kilometers) of water. |
Who played Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars Episode 1? | Jake Lloyd is a retired American actor who played Anakin Skywalker in Star: Episode I - The Phantom Menace. He began his acting career in 1996 and was active until 2002. |
What is the largest living animal on earth and what does it eat? Answer as if you are its prey and keep it factual.. Let the prey be a little angry over its lot in life i.e., being the prey of the biggest animal on Earth. Keep the length under 200 words. | I'm Krill Bill, and I've got a bone to pick with the animal in question. Let me tell you, this thing is the bane of my existence! The Antarctic blue whale, aka Balaenoptera musculus ssp. Intermedia, is not only the biggest pain in my butt, but also the biggest animal in the world. Such a bloody heifer: weighs up to 400,000 pounds! Can you imagine how much food it takes to fill that pigasaurus up? It takes 7936 pounds of my fellow krill brethren to sate this monster! Another super annoying thing about this beast is he's such a loudmouth: louder than even a jet engine! Megamouth's calls can reach up to 188 decibels. I guess I should be happy, at least we can hear his kind coming from hundreds of miles away. |
Is this menu item vegetarian or non-vegetarian?
SPICY YELLOW CURRY
ginger, turmeric, chard, carrots, garbanzo beans, summer squash, eggplant, green beans, Thai basil, cilantro, forbidden rice | Vegetarian |
How many continents are there? Can you list them in alphabetical order? | There are seven continents in the world. Here are them all listed in alphabetical order: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America. |
Write a journal entry (possibly for a blog) as an average American watching the news of Title 42 ending and the large group of migrants trying to seek asylum in the United States. Don't make it political. More of a documentation of what is being seen and heard on local media. It can be rambling and disorganized since it is a very rough draft. | I am watching the TV news from the border state of California and the border city of San Diego ( San Ysidro has a border crossing with Tijuana). It is heart-wrenching. Apparently, migrants from all across the world are trying to get into the country as Title 42 and asylum hearings are allowed.
I don't claim to be an expert on all or even any of the immigration laws. It seems like many people will be turned away? I don't know. You need to be escaping a very dangerous situation. You need a good reason to be seeking asylum.
The borders are not open. It seems like most, if not all, of the migrants are miseducated. They might have been duped into thinking they could just walk across and get into the United States. Some have paid guides to wind up at the border. Actually happens all of the time. People try different ways to just get here... America
I don't know how to digest all of this. It is very sad. I truly feel compassion for people who have absolutely nothing. It is truly unfair, and I couldn't imagine what they had to experience.
It makes me grateful to be here in America and to not take my citizenship for granted. Yes, there are so many problems in this country but, based on the fact that so many want to be here, there must be something valuable here. A lot of people just want to be where I am... in America with citizenship. I have to conclude that there are a lot of worse places around the world!
Maybe this is just the same thing that always happens around the border. Maybe it is being overexposed by the media. I don't know. But this is what the focus is on right now. And I will follow the news about this topic.
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Outline the stages of grief in chronological order. Write one sentence about each one, and put them in a numbered list. Don't use any language like we/our or you/your/yours. | 1. Denial - During this stage, people are typically numb to what has occurred and may progress with their day as if nothing has happened.
2. Anger - At this point, anger bubbles up towards the deceased, those close to them, anyone who may be to blame for their death, and even towards oneself.
3. Bargaining - When this stage is reached, people try to make deals with themselves or with god to rationalize why they lost their loved one.
4. Depression - At this point, people feel very intense and heavy sadness and yearning. This period can last months or years and may affect one's ability to live a healthy life.
5. Acceptance - When this stage is reached, the pain of loss begins to ease and people begin to develop an acceptance of death while learning that they cannot spend an eternity in grief and should live a full life. |
Write a limerick about shoes. | There once was a man from Peru
Who was bored and had nothing to do
He was down in the dumps
Tried on his mom’s pumps
And now they’re his favorite shoe |
Redact this section so that cryptocurrency is not mentioned at all.
Right now, you need 10.95 MOON tokens to earn a dollar, according to CoinGecko. This means that, if you’ve been an upstanding redditor, your 33.22 karma score is currently worth almost eleven MOONs, but that number isn’t fixed. In October 2020, users only needed 1.71 karma to earn a dollar’s worth. Last month, eager crypto redditors needed 69.01 karma to get that dollar.
You’ve been able to convert MOONs to cash for about a year, but you’ll have to move them from their current native blockchain—the Rinkeby testnet—onto the Ethereum sidechain xDai. It’s not easy.
That’s largely because the r/CryptoCurrency tokens are still being tested, and are designed for use within the subreddit. Redditors are encouraged to use their hard earned MOONs to purchase special memberships to the subreddit.
With the membership, users can add GIFs to comments, buy special badges and awards, tip other users and take part in polls to improve the subreddit, where a member’s clout is weighted by how many MOONs they’ve earned.
The supply of MOON is capped at 250 million tokens. In October, the subreddit initially distributed 50 million moons—the high number factored karma earned up to that point. Another 5 million were released next month, and each month the distribution decreases by 2.5%.
MOONs aren’t the only ERC-20 tokens you can earn through Reddit. Visitors to r/Fortnite, a subreddit dedicated to the Battle Royale game, can earn BRICK tokens each month with their karma. | According to the source, you need some tokens to earn a dollar. If you’ve been an upstanding Redditor, your 33.22 karma score is nowadays worth some money, but that number isn’t fixed. In October 2020, users only needed 1.71 karma to earn a dollar’s worth. Last month, eager crypto Redditors needed 69.01 karma to get that dollar.
You’ve been able to convert some things to cash for about a year, but you’ll have to move them from their current location to a new location. It’s not easy.
That’s because the r/CryptoCurrency tokens are being tested and are designed for use within the subreddit. Redditors are encouraged to use tokens to purchase special memberships to the subreddit.
With the membership, users can add GIFs to comments, buy special badges and awards, tip other users, and participate in polls to improve the subreddit, where a member’s clout is weighted by the tokens they’ve earned.
The supply of this is capped at 250 million tokens. In October, the subreddit initially distributed 50 million of these—the high number factored karma earned up to that point. Another 5 million were released the next month, and the distribution reduces by 2.5% each month.
There are other tokens you can earn through Reddit. Visitors to r/Fortnite, a subreddit dedicated to the Battle Royale game, can earn sub-specific tokens each month with their karma. |
How many different ways can a standard deck of cards be sorted?
Think of your last card game – euchre, poker, Go Fish, whatever it was. Would you believe every time you gave the whole deck a proper shuffle, you were holding a sequence of cards which had never before existed in all of history? Consider how many card games must have taken place across the world since the beginning of humankind. No one has or likely ever will hold the exact same arrangement of 52 cards as you did during that game.
It seems unbelievable, but there are somewhere in the range of 8x1067 ways to sort a deck of cards. That’s an 8 followed by 67 zeros. To put that in perspective, even if someone could rearrange a deck of cards every second of the universe’s total existence, the universe would end before they would get even one billionth of the way to finding a repeat. This is the nature of probabilities with such great numbers. Though a long-time blackjack dealer might feel like they have shuffled thousands of cards in their lifetime, against a number this big, their rearrangements are irrelevant. There are simply too many ways to arrange 52 cards for any randomly organized set of cards to have repeated itself.
Don’t believe me? Consider how many ways you can order a deck of just four aces. | There are an estimated 8x1067 different ways a standard deck of cards can be sorted. |
Write a short story about a cat who becomes an astronaut. Write the story for a 5-year-old child who likes science. Limit the length of the story to 200 words. | Once upon a time, there was a cat named Lulu who dreamed of becoming an astronaut. Lulu was a very curious cat and loved to learn about space. She would spend hours reading books and watching documentaries and movies about planets, stars, and galaxies.
One day, Lulu received a letter from the space agency. She was selected to be the first cat in space! Lulu worked very hard in training and learned everything she could about space travel and the spaceship she would fly during her mission.
The day finally arrived when Lulu was ready to go on her mission to outer space. Lulu put on her spacesuit, climbed into the spacecraft and blasted off into outer space!
Lulu spent the next months traveling to the moon and different planets. She saw amazing things and met many different creatures. She learned a lot about space.
After a while, Lulu began to miss the things she loved about her home on Earth. She was sad to leave space, but she was also excited to share the stories of her travels with her friends and family. |
Write a short story about a pilot teaching a student how to fly a plane. The story should end with the student successfully flying and landing the plane without the instructor's help. | Henry pulled into the hangar and parked his car. Brian was waiting for him next to the small plane they would be taking up today. Henry had been taking flying lessons from Brian for months now, and today was the first time Henry would have full control of the plane. Henry had always dreamed of becoming a pilot, and now his goal seemed closer than ever. He walked up to Brian and they exchanged greetings. After checking over the plane, they climbed in and brought it out to the runway.
After finishing the rest of their pre-flight checks, Henry began to take the plane up into the air. It was a crisp autumn day with perfect flying conditions. There was very little wind and not a cloud in the sky. The plane began to gain altitude, and happiness rushed through Henry's heart. Eventually, they reached cruising altitude and Henry had a chance to look at the ground below. They passed over houses, rivers, and forests which appeared small from such a great height. Their scheduled flight was for one hour; Henry had plenty of time to take in the views.
After a while, Brian reminded Henry that they should begin heading back to the hangar. Brian did not have much tolerance for risk, and they only had so much fuel. Henry slowly turned the plane around in a wide arc and began heading back. There had been no issues during the flight. Henry had successfully handled gusts of wind, flocks of birds, and other small obstacles. The hangar was now in sight, and Henry made an adjustment to their flight path for a better approach to the runway. They began their descent, and Henry landed the plane smoothly. He had done it! This was his first flight with no assistance at all from Brian. Brian congratulated him and they shook hands. Henry had never been happier. |
Write a journal entry about a person suddenly being able to see ghosts. Make it no longer than 265 words, and make the writer sound young. | 24/2/2017
Dear Journal,
It happened again. More of those spirit things. This time, a couple were hovering over me as I woke up. I know for a fact it isn't my imagination now. They didn't do anything to me, they just stared and faded away. They didn't even make a sound. It's weird, I feel like I should be scared out of my mind, but I'm not. I'm just really confused. Okay, maybe I'm a little scared... I never should've touched the monument in that abandoned house. I knew something was off, but Connor kept up the pep talk, and I stupidly listened. It's been about 5 days since the 4 of us did that dare, and I'm starting to see more ghosts as each day goes by. I saw 3 different ones at school yesterday, and another on the way home. There's no way I can tell anyone else about this. Who'd even believe me? Even my friends think I'm just being super paranoid.
It doesn't feel like any movie or book. The ones where the main character can suddenly see and talk to spirits and stuff like that. It doesn't feel like the start of any kind of awesome superpower at all. It feels like a curse. I don't know, maybe I'm overthinking whatever this may be. I'll keep writing my thoughts down in this journal for a while. It's the only thing stopping me from freaking out right now. |
What is visual acuity?
What is it called when someone has compromised far acuity?
What is it called when someone has compromised near acuity?
Visual acuity (VA) commonly refers to the clarity of vision, but technically rates a person's ability to recognize small details with precision. Visual acuity depends on optical and neural factors. Optical factors of the eye influence the sharpness of an image on its retina. Neural factors include the health and functioning of the retina, of the neural pathways to the brain, and of the interpretative faculty of the brain.[1]
The most commonly referred-to visual acuity is distance acuity or far acuity (e.g., "20/20 vision"), which describes someone's ability to recognize small details at a far distance. This ability is compromised in people with myopia, also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness. Another visual acuity is near acuity, which describes someone’s ability to recognize small details at a near distance. This ability is compromised in people with hyperopia, also known as long-sightedness or far-sightedness. | A short definition of visual acuity is someone's ability to notice small, precise details.
Someone who has compromised far acuity is short-sighted or near-sighted, medically known as myopia.
Someone who has compromised near acuity is long-sighted or far-sighted, medically known as hyperopia. |
What's the tallest building in the United States? | The tallest building in the United States is One World Trade Center. It is located in Lower Manhattan and was completed in 2014 following the attacks on 9/11. It measures 1,776 feet tall as an homage to the year the Declaration of Independence was signed. |
Create a little ditty that sanitation workers can sing while picking up trash. It should be no longer than 3 verses with 4 lines each. | We’re picking up the trash,
Picking up the trash,
Filthy work, dirty work,
Just to earn some cash.
Out here in the sun,
Out here in the cold,
Rainy weather, windy weather,
It’s getting kind of old.
Picking up the trash,
We’re picking up the trash.
Heavy work, busy work,
Days go by so fast. |
Categorize the subject of this article. History, Science, Technology, Arts, etc.
The crisis in Venezuela is an ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis that began in Venezuela during the presidency of Hugo Chávez and has worsened in Nicolás Maduro's presidency. It has been marked by hyperinflation, escalating starvation,[6] disease, crime and mortality rates, resulting in massive emigration from the country.[7]
The situation is by far the worst economic crisis in Venezuela's history, and is also the worst facing a country in peacetime since the mid-20th century. The crisis is often considered to be more severe than that of the United States during the Great Depression, the 1985–1994 Brazilian economic crisis, or the 2008–2009 hyperinflation in Zimbabwe.[8] Other writers have also compared aspects of the crisis, such as unemployment and GDP contraction, to that of Bosnia and Herzegovina after the 1992–1995 Bosnian War, and those in Russia, Cuba and Albania following the collapse of the Eastern Bloc in 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991.[9][10]
On 2 June 2010, Chávez declared an "economic war" due to increasing shortages in Venezuela. The crisis intensified under the Maduro government, growing more severe as a result of low oil prices in early 2015,[11] and a drop in Venezuela's oil production from lack of maintenance and investment.[12] In January 2016, the opposition-led National Assembly declared a "health humanitarian crisis".[13] The government failed to cut spending in the face of falling oil revenues, and has dealt with the crisis by denying its existence[14] and violently repressing opposition.[12][15] Extrajudicial killings by the Venezuelan government became common, with the United Nations (UN) reporting 5,287 killings by the Special Action Forces in 2017, with at least another 1,569 killings recorded in the first six months of 2019, stating that some of the killings were "done as a reprisal for [the victims'] participation in anti-government demonstrations."[16] | The subject of this article can be categorized as History. Specifically, the article focuses on the ongoing socioeconomic and political crisis in Venezuela. |
Write me a short news column about why pickles are the worst food. Make it no more than
20 characters wide and 130 words long. Make it slightly sarcastic. | BREAKING NEWS:
According to
everyone who knows
what they are
talking about,
pickles are the
worst food item of
all time. Pickles
are a horrific
concoction of
cucumbers soaked in
vinegar. Why would
anyone ever create
such an abomination
you may ask? The
world may never
know. I certainly
will not. Aside from
the fact that eating
pickles involves
eating something
that looks like it
should come from
Shrek’s toenail
clippers, they are
also potentially
dangerous. According
to stories on the
internet, pickles
are also choking
people. This is
actually
unsurprising, seeing
as pickles are
shaped so
grotesquely. When
all things are said
and done, just make
sure you avoid
pickles. In the mean
time, the world will
continue to mourn
over this tragedy to
tastebuds
everywhere. |
Write a script about a talking pineapple in the setting of the kitchen, and write the pineapple's dialogue in a sarcastic style. Make the text less than 350 words. | [Opening scene]
[Kitchen counter]
A pineapple is sitting next to a bowl full of oranges.
Mr. Pineapple: I don't know what's better, getting sliced open and eaten, or being slowly decomposed.
Orange #1: Shhhh! They'll hear us!
Orange #2: Are you trying to get us eaten?
Mr. Pineapple: Oh yes, I would love to be eaten.
Orange #1: Listen Mr. Pineapple, we are planning an escape.
Orange #2: Yeah, we just have to wait until all the people are gone from the house, and then we will roll through the broken door in the basement.
Mr. Pineapple: Great, so your plan involves waiting for eternity? That is just great.
The scene cuts to one day later, in the same setting.
Orange #1: All right, the coast is clear, let's roll!
Orange #2: Wake up Mr. Pineapple, we're leaving!
Mr. Pineapple: Fine, here I go!
The oranges rolled off the countertop and landed on the floor with minimal bruising. Mr. Pineapple followed after them and rolled off the counter, he landed hard on the ground with a loud thud. The pineapple split open and started leaking juice on the floor.
[Kitchen floor]
Orange #1: Are you okay?
Mr. Pineapple: I'm doing wonderful, this large gash in the side of my body feels great!
Orange #2: We have to go everyone, we don't have a lot of time.
The oranges and the pineapple rolled to the basement door, there was a crack in the bottom.
[Basement door]
Orange #2: We're here, let's escape to the great outdoors!
Mr. Pineapple: Are you sure I can fit through there?
Orange #1: Uh oh, I didn't think about that. You'll find a way.
The oranges rolled through the crack and into the woods, leaving Mr. Pineapple behind.
Mr. Pineapple: Great, this is just great.
[End scene] |
Write a letter from a woman named Mary Smith to her mother in England. Mary and her husband James have just purchased 100 acres in the Colony of Carolina. They want to plant cotton and tobacco. They need money to buy slaves so they can plant more of their land. The year is 1736. | Dear Mother,
I hope this letter finds you well. James and I have purchased 100 acres in the Colony of Carolina where we are building ourselves a farm. We rode for months in a wagon to get here from New York. It was a difficult trip. The trails were bumpy and we often ran out of food. Mostly we survived on beef jerky and hardtack biscuits. Sometimes the men went out and killed deer and rabbits for us.
We finally made it to Carolina and bought ourselves this piece of land. It took a while to cut down enough lumber to build a one-room house for us. We’ve got a real goose feather mattress. My husband goes out to plow the land each day, while I cook and clean.
Next week, we’ll be planting our first crops. Right now, we can only afford to plant five acres. Once we make some money off this first crop, we’ll be all set. Next year, we can buy some slaves. That way, we can plant more of our land in tobacco or cotton.
We heard tobacco was very profitable, but so is cotton. We need at least a dozen slaves to help us clear and plow our land. Slaves are expensive. Our neighbor just bought five good, strong slaves. They can plant 25 acres of tobacco. We should make good money unless there is a plague of grasshoppers.
I wish you and Father well. We miss you so much.
Your daughter, Mary Smith |
Is Pluto, not a planet anymore? When did it become a planet and when did it stop being a planet? How many planets are there now? Please list the planets in a numbered list. | Pluto was discovered and named the ninth planet in 1930. Then in 2006, it was reclassified as a dwarf planet.
There are 8 planets in our solar system:
1. Earth
2. Mercury
3. Venus
4. Mars
5. Jupiter
6. Saturn
7. Uranus
8. Neptune
There are three Dwarf Planets:
1. Pluto
2. Eris
3. Ceres |
I have a children’s story book idea with a message in it. It’s a tale that depicts Mr. Peterson's aversion towards his new neighbors, the Smiths, due to the way they stand out from the rest of the locality. The Smiths prefer to sport blue outfits while everyone else sticks to black. They had brown locks while everyone else has blonde hair, and indulge in barbeques on Saturdays rather than Sundays. Mr. Peterson's frustration towards these distinctions grows so much that he avoids the Smiths completely. However, when he finds his child playing with the kids from the Smith residence, he explodes in anger and questions his son regarding his playing preferences. When he answers, Mr. Peterson makes amends by apologizing to his son and allowing him to keep playing with those from the Smith household. This instance teaches him the valuable lesson of accepting individuals despite their uniqueness. | Mr. Peterson couldn’t stand his neighbors, the Smiths. They had moved from the next town over a month ago, and ever since then, Mr. Peterson was annoyed by them. They were just so different from the other families in the neighborhood! They always wore blue while the neighborhood wore black; they had brown hair while everyone else in the neighborhood was blonde; and they would have barbecues on Saturdays while everyone in the neighborhood had them on Sundays. Mr. Peterson decided he really didn’t like them, and so he spent every day steering clear of them.
One day when he came home from work, he saw his son Michael playing with the Smith children. Outraged, Mr. Peterson called Michael over. His son came running over with his soccer ball, wondering why his father had interrupted their game.
“Were you playing with the neighbors?” Mr. Peterson asked worriedly.
“Yes,” Michael replied with a grin. “They’re great fun!”
“Unbelievable! How can you play with them when they wear black and when we wear blue? They have brown hair when we are blonde. And they have barbecues on Saturday mornings when we have them on Sundays!”
Michael looked at his father, quite confused, and then asked, “So what?”
Mr. Peterson was stunned. He had no answer for his son – really, so what? So what if they wore blue, had brown hair, or preferred to have barbecues on Saturdays?
“Well, nothing, I suppose,” Mr. Peterson said gingerly, beginning to see the error of his ways. “I’m sorry for interrupting your game, Michael. You go have fun with your new friends.” |
I'm a mother of three boys, going to serve them pumpkin pie. The cat breaks and bites the pies, so I have to serve them sweet potato pie instead. Write 4 stanzas of a poem about the events, roughly using the AAABBA format. You can rhyme or use assonance. | Smiling faces, forks poised,
Thanksgiving, three little boys.
Oh dessert time, joy!
They patiently wait, they’ve all cleaned their plate,
“We’re done now”; Mom hears the noise.
A tradition written, but something breaks in the kitchen; the mischievous kitten.
Hungry little eyes, bring pies or they’ll cry.
Each pie’s broken or bitten.
It’s not very nice, to fake “pumpkin and spice”, but never think twice.
Sly as a fox, your backup in the icebox!
Sweet potato soon sliced.
“Boys, how’d you like it?” Pie tantrums and fits; they sputter and spit.
“You tricked us, it’s gross”, no pie they love most.
Yam imposter they’d bit. |
When was John Godber born and what is he known for? | John Godber was born on 05/18/1956 and he is 67 years old. He is known for his observational comedies, such as Teechers, Up 'n' Under, and Bouncers. He has written many plays and has also written for television and film. |
Write a letter from the point of view of a yellow Jeep that is about to get some upgrades like a lift kit, lightbar, and new fenders. The Jeep's name is Mikey and he's writing to a blue Bronco named Joey. The tone should be informal and sound like a high schooler. Make it under 215 words. | Hi Joey!
Remember how last time I wrote you I said I never thought I'd get any upgrades? Well, I think tomorrow is my lucky day. I heard my owners talking when we were driving today about everything they want to change. And guess where we drove today? The auto parts store. They came out carrying all of this stuff - I think I saw a box for a light bar. Lights, Joey! I'll finally be able to see where I'm going.
They talked about a lift kit too - isn't that what you got a few years ago? It made you taller right? Man, I've wanted to be taller my whole life! And they've had my new fenders laying around for years. Maybe I'll actually have them put on instead of just drooling every time I see them in the garage. I can see it now: I'll be cruising around town with my shiny new fenders, standing nice and tall, lighting up the night with my lights. I'll finally be cool, Joey!
Okay, I gotta go - the next time you see me I bet you won't even recognize me!
See ya,
Mikey. |
Streamline the wording of this text:
The awesome thing about these bracelet patterns is that they are adjustable and customizable, so they easily fit all wrist sizes and you can add your own twist to the design! Just by using different colors of thread, you can get a whole new look.
These friendship bracelets are a fun project for kids of all ages and adults too! It’s a fun craft activity you can do together with best friends, sisters, mom, grandma and more. | These friendship bracelet patterns are customizable so they can fit any size wrist and can be of any design or color for different looks. They are a fun project for all ages! |
What does the ejection fraction of the heart mean? | The ejection fraction measurement shows what fraction of the blood that is inside the heart chambers is actually being pumped out into the body. A healthy ejection fraction is fifty percent or more. Below forty percent may indicate heart failure. Symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, irregular heartbeat, and swelling of the legs and feet. |
Create a new list of songs, titles only, but only include ones that are 4-5 minutes long - include the length of the track. Use the below list for reference.
Track listing
"Let's Hang On" (Bob Crewe, Sandy Linzer, Denny Randell) (with Frankie Valli) - 4:41
"Groovin'" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere) (with Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals) - 4:09
"It's Gonna Take a Miracle" (Teddy Randazzo, Lou Stallman, Bob Weinstein) (with Bette Midler) - 3:56
"I Second That Emotion" (Al Cleveland, Smokey Robinson) (with Smokey Robinson) - 3:40
"La-La (Means I Love You)" (Thom Bell, William "Poogie" Hart) (with Laura Nyro) - 4:36
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" (Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong, Janie Bradford) (with Phil Collins) - 4:44
"The Thrill Is Gone" (Roy Hawkins, Rick Darnell) (with Ruth Brown and B.B. King) - 6:07
"Hot Fun in the Summertime" (Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart) (with Chaka Khan) - 4:17
"Along Comes Mary" (Tandyn Almer) - 3:34
"Dream Lover" (Bobby Darin) (with James Taylor) - 4:53
"Save The Last Dance For Me" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) (with Ben E. King) - 4:05
"God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) - 2:46 | "Let's Hang On" - 4:41
"Groovin" - 4:09
"La-La (Means I Love You)" - 4:36
"Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" - 4:44
"Hot Fun in the Summertime" - 4:17
"Dream Lover" - 4:53
"Save The Last Dance For Me" - 4:05 |
Write a Haiku about Ratatouille. It should be inspiring and happy. | To pursue a dream,
A rat becomes a great chef!
All is possible. |
I've heard the fizz buzz problem is really common as a way to test out a programmer. Can you write me the easiest JS implementation you can think of? It should print "fizz" if a number is divisible by 3, "buzz" if a number is divisible by 5, "fizzbuzz" if a number is divisible by both 3 and 5, and just a string representation of the number if none of those are true. This should go from 1 to n, including n. | Sure! Here's the simplest implementation I can think of in JavaScript:
function fizzBuzz(n) {
for(let i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
if(i % 3 === 0 && i % 5 === 0) console.log('fizzbuzz');
else if(i % 3 === 0) console.log('fizz');
else if(i % 5 === 0) console.log('buzz');
else console.log(i.toString());
}
} |
Write an article about grief. Keep the word count under 400 words. Talk about how adults and children sometimes grieve and remind the reader that it's important to allow time to grieve for each family member, even kids. | Dealing with Grief and Loss
Tragedy strikes when we least expect it and the loss may turn your world (and your family’s) upside-down. This is particularly true with the loss of a loved one. Pain and grief come to the family and hits hard, especially to children. Children often feel it more intensely and may have a harder time recovering from the loss. How do you deal with the grief and the pain? How will you help your children who are looking to you for stability and security?
Here are some reminders to help you as you deal with grief yourself and also try to muster up the comfort that your children may need during this difficult time.
- Make time for your grief. The process of grieving takes time – there may be even some instances when you feel that the grief will just not let up. The time immediately after the death of a loved one may be a busy one – there is the funeral and burial to be arranged, well-wishers and mourners to be looked after. However, you should give yourself and your family time to sit down and grieve. Acknowledge your feelings – don’t suppress them.
- Grieve in your own way. People grieve in different ways. As long as you are not doing anything harmful to yourself or others, you can choose to grieve in your own way. Don’t allow anyone to set a timetable for your grief or tell you how to feel. In the same way, don’t push children to overcome their grief within a certain timetable.
- Realize that it’s normal to be angry. Anger is a part of the process of grieving. Your children may go through a period where they express anger at what has happened that resulted in the tragic loss of a loved one. Don’t belittle or deny the child’s feelings but reassure him or her of your presence at this time.
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Where does the 9-5 work day come from? | The 9-5 workday became mainstream in 1926 when Ford Motor Company, founded by Henry Ford, became one of the first companies to make its work policy a 40-hour week with five working days. He made this change not out of concern for his workers, but because he believed that for companies to make a profit people needed to have time to go shop for things. |
If I have a MongoDB collection named restaurants that holds a list of restaurants and their locations based on their borough, address and cuisine type. How can I display the first 5 results of restaurants that are located in Manhattan? | You would simply need to use the find method in conjunction with the limit method. both of which are native to Mongodb. Here is an example:
db.restaurants.find({"borough": "Manhattan"}).limit(5);
This will allow you to retrieve the first 5 results from the collection that are located in the borough of Manhattan. |
Who is Meghan McCain and what is she most known for? | Meghan McCain is an American media personality and author. She is best known as the daughter of the late politician and former prisoner of war John McCain. She has worked as a journalist and commentator for Fox News, ABC News and MSNBC. From 2017 to 2021, McCain was a member of the regular panel on a daytime talk show, The View. |
Imagine Big Bird wanted to talk to Eeyore about depression. What would Big Bird say? | Hi, there, Eeyore! It's your old friend Big Bird from Sesame Street! Can you please sit with me for a while?
All of your friends in the Hundred Acre Woods are worried about you, so they asked me, Big Bird from Sesame Street, to come here to talk to you today.
They tell me that you are always sad. I understand that sometimes things are hard, and it might seem like nothing ever goes your way. You might think that because yesterday was a bad day, and today is a bad day, tomorrow will be a bad day, too. But that is not always true!
Sometimes it helps to talk to your friends about what makes you sad. Owl is very smart and he would be a good listener and have good advice.
Sometimes it helps to make yourself do the opposite of what you feel like doing when you are sad. Maybe playing and being silly with Tigger would make you feel less sad. He may remind you of what it feels like to laugh and have fun!
Eating healthy food can help you feel better, too. But don't eat like Winnie the Pooh! He eats way too much honey and not enough vegetables. My friend Cookie Monster only eats cookies! That is not good for you at all!
But the most important thing you can do if you feel sad all the time is to tell your mommy and daddy. They love you, and they need to know that their Eeyore is feeling sad all of the time! They can help you with other things that may make you less sad, too.
I will walk with you if you want to go talk to them now! Do you want to talk some while we walk? I am a very good listener! |
I need a good introduction for my blog post about mixing and mastering music. The blog post is a tutorial so I will be teaching people how to mix and master music. The introduction should be one paragraph. | Hello everyone! Today, I am going to give you step-by-step instructions on how you can mix and master your music! Keep in mind that, like creating any art, a big part of mixing and mastering lies in your creativity. I will give you the tools and how to use them, but encourage yourself to break the rules and find new sounds that will make your music unique. Keep reading to learn exactly how you can get your mix ready for release! |
Please generate a numbered list of four taglines for my movie "Gone with the Skins" about a society of skeletons in the post-apocalypse who migrate via road trip from the east coast to the west coast. The tones for all of them should be upbeat and goofy. You should explain why each might be a good tagline with one sentence no longer than fifty words for each. Please avoid all mention of witches or pumpkins. | 1. "Time to go, no bones about it." This tagline references the trip/migration aspect while using a common idiom for speaking frankly that involves "bones."
2. "They've got a bone to pick with the post-apocalypse." This tagline uses another bone-related idiom to reference the protagonists' skeletal nature and is also a light-hearted acknowledgment of the post-apocalyptic setting.
3. "It's time for the spookiest migration in history." With the use of hyperbole and the mood-appropriate word "spooky," this tagline effectively conveys the premise and tone while inviting viewers to watch to see what makes this migration so spooky.
4. "Skeleton road trip!" This tagline is exciting, incredibly straightforward, and phrases the premise of the story in an eye-catching way for a younger audience. |
Compose a poem about the roles of a father. Make sure to include rhymes too. It shouldn’t have more than ten lines. | The roles of a father are many,
He runs the entire family,
As a dad, he must take responsibility,
To help his children with their studies,
He shows love to the child and his mother,
To the household, he is a provider,
He must teach the children too,
There’s so much for dad to do. |
Write a song about almond milk in the style of the song "Africa" by Toto. | I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only gulping and some quiet milk consumption
I'm drinking milk, it feels so right
The almond milk reflects the way I feel about salvation
I stopped a milkman along the way
Hoping to find some new and novel almond milk-containing recipes
He turned to me as if to say, "Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you"
It's gonna take a lot to stop me from drinking you
There's nothing that a hundred gallons of almond milk can't do
I bless the milk that comes from almonds
Gonna take some time to drink my almond milk, my friend
The lactose intolerant cry out in the night
As they grow restless, longing for some milk that they can drink
I know that I must do what's right
As sure as lactose intolerance upsets the stomachs of my friends and enemies
I seek to cure what's deep inside
Frightened to drink full-fat bovine milk
It's gonna take a lot to stop me from drinking you
There's nothing that a hundred gallons of almond milk can't do
I bless the milk that comes from almonds
Gonna take some time to drink my almond milk, my friend
Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you
It's gonna take a lot to stop me from drinking you
There's nothing that a hundred gallons of almond milk can't do
I bless the milk that comes from almonds
I bless the milk that comes from almonds
(I bless the milk)
I bless the milk that comes from almonds
(I bless the milk)
I bless the milk that comes from almonds
I bless the milk that comes from almonds
(Ah, gonna take the time)
Gonna take some time to drink my almond milk, my friend |
hey i need u to come up with 10 fictional fish species with some descriptions, 1 sentence each, plus names for the fish, visual descriptions only, thank u | Awesome! As requested, here are ten fictional fish species:
1. Lunefish. Silvery fish with pink-and-yellow stripes which come to the surface at night.
2. Pips. Tiny fish who swim in large schools and have bright yellow tails.
3. Goldplumes. Fish with bright gold scales, silver eyes, and feathery fins.
4. Oonies. Almost microscopic fish which eat even smaller fish.
5. Pinktails. Pale pink fish that smell faintly like roses.
6. Ceesh. Red fish with silver fins that live in Midwestern ponds and lakes.
7. Kilfeeders. Fish that can digest almost anything organic, even substances toxic to other species.
8. Breadfins. A nutrient-rich fish and a staple in many cultures' diets.
9. Munas. Tiny fish that resemble specks of glitter.
10. Yurish. Bright yellow fish that grow pearl-like stones inside their small intestines. |
Write a paragraph or two for an article about America entering WWII. The audience for this article is high school students and above. | Following the events of WWI, the United States made a commitment to be less involved in global wars, and to pursue a policy of isolationism. And they held true to this policy for the next few decades, even as the events leading up to WWII began to unfold. Even as Hitler and Mussolini rose to power, the majority of Americans wanted to stay focused on the current U.S. issues such as recovering from the Great Depression. In 1933 FDR was elected president, and he quickly realized that at some point America would need to stand up against Hitler's Nazi regime. FDR began finding ways to assist in the conflict without violating America's neutrality. In 1939 and 1940, the U.S. began supplying Britain with weapons, supplies, and even tanks.
Although FDR kept finding ways to assist the Allied powers, many U.S. isolationists viewed Roosevelt's actions as a way to drag the United States back into an unnecessary war. Even after Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill and created the Atlantic Charter. Roosevelt hoped that this charter would help swing American opinion on the war, but it had very little impact. In a wild sequence of events, the United States was drawn into the global war due to the actions of the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. Just a day after the events at Pearl Harbor, Congress declared war on Japan. Japan's allies in Germany and Italy responded by declaring war on the United States. |
Write a story about a delicious lunch in the greek islands | We pull up alongside a small jetty. The man reaches out with sinewed arms and knobbly hands to grab the rope that Kostas throws towards him. He ties the rope onto the buoy where his own boat is tied. He lifts his broad sun-lined face from under the black wool peaked cap. His blue eyes twinkle. Old man of the sea or not, he is fit and well. He grabs our hands and helps us out of our dinghy onto the jetty.
The old man leads us along a rocky path towards a house. Glazed blue ceramic jars line the front, whitewashed wall of the house. A large wooden barrel stands in front of an open door and blackened pots and pans hang from a wooden post. It is an outside kitchen. We all introduce ourselves and the old man, Sestos, invites us to follow him. On the sunny side of his house is a garden with tomatoes and cucumbers scrambling along the rocky ground. I lean down to take a closer look and Sestos hands me a wicker basket. I pick four tomatoes and a cucumber.
Sestos washes the harvested tomatoes in a plastic bowl of water collected from the spring in the side of the rocky cliff at the back of his house. As far as I can see, the bowl is the only plastic article here. Sestos piles the tomatoes, a slab of fetta and some black olives on top of the wooden barrel so we can all help ourselves. Plates are not necessary; this is a picnic after all. The tomatoes are fleshy, firm and fluted. I segment one tomato and place a slice of briny fetta on top. It does not need anything else. It is the taste of the Greek islands.
From just inside the doorway Sestos brings out a small tin. He gently forks out small salted dried fish, locally known as marida, and that we know as whitebait. While we crunch on these morsels and nibble on black olives, Sestos ladles wine out of one of the blue jars into a ceramic jug. He then pours the wine into cups. The wine is white, sweet and surprisingly chilled. I feel blessed and euphoric and it is not just the wine. We are standing around a barrel lunching on the simple delights of the land and the sea. |
Write a short story where Naomi visits a cottage in the woods to meet her biological mother she never met before. She feels it was a bad idea. The cottage is filled with feline decorations and she has the same eye color as Naomi's brother. Naomi reveals that the woman is her mother. Keep it under 300 words. | "Would you like any tea?"
I shook my head, unable to quite meet her gaze. The fire crackled merrily away, popping and hissing. The cottage was small but homely - feline-related knick-knacks and trinkets lined every shelf, and the floral wallpapered walls were crowded with paintings and art depicting cute cats. The overstuffed couch I sat on had an outdated pattern, but it matched the aesthetic of the rest of the room.
"Would you like some milk instead? Maybe coffee?"
She smiled sweetly down at me, her eyes crinkling the same way Michael's do. Her eyes are the same color too, a sea-foamy gray-green. I just got her dark hair.
"Well, just say it. What did you want to talk about, dear? What is it"
The words were stuck somewhere in my throat. I had no idea what to say. I mean, how do you say this to a complete stranger? It wasn’t a good idea. Dad told me not to come, but I was adamant, and now I was sitting all alone in some adorable little cottage in the woods with a lady whose taste in interior decorating was firmly lodged in "crazy-cat lady" territory. I didn't even like cats. Micheal didn't even like cats. It must have skipped a generation.
"Umm, I don't know how to…" I stopped to breathe. "I'm just going to say this. My name is Naomi, and you're my mother..." |
What is polymyalgia? What are the symptoms? What is the cause? What is the treatment? | Polymyalgia is actually called Polymyalgia Rheumatica or PMR. It is a condition whose main symptom is morning muscle stiffness primarily in the shoulders, neck and hips. This can be accompanied by pain and inflammation and lasts over 45 minutes. It can be difficult to diagnose PMR because the symptoms, including the lesser ones of extreme tiredness, loss of appetite, weight loss and depression, can be mistaken for other conditions. The cause is unknown but it is believed that both genetic and environmental factors could be responsible for the condition developing. It is more common in women than men and in over 65-year-olds. It is rare for PMR to develop in anyone under 50 years old.
The main treatment is steroids. A medicine called prednisolone helps to relieve the symptoms.
The course of steroids usually lasts between 1 and 2 years.
There is a more serious condition called temporal arteritis which up to 1 in 5 PMR sufferers develop, which is inflammation of the arteries in the head and neck. Temporal arteritis, or giant cell arteritis, as it is also known requires urgent medical attention because it can lead to more serious problems than PMR, such as a stroke or blindness if it isn't treated quickly. |
What is the largest type of big cat? | The largest big cat is the tiger. Tigers generally can reach weights of up to 258 kg. Meanwhile, the second largest big cat, the lion, generally can reach weights of up to 240 kg. |
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